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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lovborg's response to Hedda's revelation about Mr Elvsted?
(a) He makes a toast with a glass of punch, to 'the truth'.
(b) He brushes it off and admonishes Hedda.
(c) He grows angry and embarrassed, and decides to leave with Tesman and Brack.
(d) He laughs at Mrs Elvsted.

2. What is the thing that Hedda fights hardest for?
(a) Power.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Love.

3. When does Hedda do with Lovborg's manuscript when she hears the maid admit Lovborg into the house?
(a) Lays it out on the table.
(b) Tosses it in the fire.
(c) Leaves it scattered on the floor.
(d) Hides it in a drawer.

4. Where does Hedda insist on sitting when Mrs Elvsted joins her and Lovborg?
(a) Next to Mrs Elvsted where she can watch Lovborg.
(b) In the seat looking at both of them.
(c) In between Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted.
(d) At Lovborg's right hand.

5. At Brack's party, what information does Lovborg withhold?
(a) That he is in love with Hedda.
(b) That there is a second copy of the manuscript.
(c) That his work is plagiarized from Tesman's.
(d) The name of the woman that inspired him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lovborg know after his night at Brack's?

2. What does Hedda threaten, again, to do to Mrs. Elvsted?

3. Where did Tesman get Lovborg's manuscript?

4. What reason does Hedda give Lovborg for not following through on a threat she made a long time ago?

5. What is the very important thing that Hedda keeps from Lovborg when he comes to see her in Act 3?

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