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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before he leaves, what does Lovborg promise to do?
(a) Return at ten to take Mrs. Elvsted home.
(b) Speak to Brack about the professorship.
(c) Finish his book.
(d) Stay sober.

2. Where did Tesman get Lovborg's manuscript?
(a) He stole it when Lovborg wasn't looking.
(b) Brack gave it to him for safe keeping.
(c) He borrowed it to read.
(d) He found it on the side of the road.

3. What is the likely reason that Hedda dreams of controlling another person's destiny?
(a) It is simply entertainment.
(b) She wants to be like Mrs Elvsted.
(c) She aspires to do more good than one person can.
(d) She feels very little power over her own life.

4. What does Hedda remember getting Lovborg to confess?
(a) That he loved Hedda.
(b) That he wanted to write a great book in his life.
(c) The details of his dissolute lifestyle.
(d) That he wanted to kill himself.

5. What are Mrs. Elvsted's plans when she leaves the Tesman household in Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) She is going to look for the missing manuscript.
(b) She is going to attempt to purchase the manuscript back from Miss Diana.
(c) She has no plans and nowhere to go.
(d) She is going to return to her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hedda insist on sitting when Mrs Elvsted joins her and Lovborg?

2. What is Mrs. Elvsted waiting for in HEDDA GABLER at the beginning of Act 3?

3. In Act 3, after Brack leaves, what does Hedda do?

4. Of what does Lovborg accuse Mrs. Elvsted?

5. What is the relationship between Lovborg and Miss Diana?

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