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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lovborg ask Hedda while they are alone?
(a) He asks if Tesman is angry with him for competing for the professorship.
(b) He asks her about Mrs Elvsted.
(c) He asks if there was ever any love in her friendship for him.
(d) He wants to know if she thinks his book is better than Tesman's.

2. What attribute does he give Mrs Elvsted that he knows Hedda lacks?
(a) Beauty.
(b) A great understanding of interpersonal relationships.
(c) Intellectuality.
(d) The courage to act.

3. In Act 3, after Brack leaves, what does Hedda do?
(a) Write a letter to Lovborg.
(b) Leaf through Lovborg's manuscript.
(c) Cry.
(d) Pour herself a drink.

4. Why did Lovborg fight with Miss Diana?
(a) Lovborg thought she took his manuscript.
(b) Miss Diana wanted him to stop drinking.
(c) Lovborg wanted more money from her.
(d) Miss Diana demanded that he give her his book.

5. What does Hedda divulge to Lovborg that Mrs Elvsted did not want known?
(a) That she had left her husband.
(b) That she was anxious about Lovborg's fortitude.
(c) That she had been a flame of Tesman's.
(d) That she was jealous of Hedda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hedda do with a pistol as Lovborg prepares to leave?

2. What does Hedda remember getting Lovborg to confess?

3. What is becoming clear about Brack's motives with Hedda?

4. What is the usual manner for Brack's arrivals and departures?

5. What does Hedda first tell Lovborg when he continually declines the cold punch she offered him?

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