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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hilda say Solness' singing sounded like?

2. Who does Solness say Aline has become shy with?

3. What does Hilda's father do for a living?

4. What does Hilda say Solness has a lot of?

5. What did Solness climb up at the celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hilda say is the only way she can trust Solness?

2. What does Dr. Herdal say he has noticed about Aline?

3. How does Solness think he has created his meeting with Hilda?

4. How did Solness' children die?

5. How does Solness react when Dr. Herdal asks about his relationship with Kaia?

6. Why does Aline say Solness should not go up the tower?

7. What does Solness say about Aline's talent?

8. How did Aline get over the death of her sons?

9. Why does Solness not want to write something on Ragnar's drawings?

10. What does Hilda claim is the real reason she has come to see Solness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the play. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term modernism? What are the conventions of modernism and how is it different to post-modernism? In ways is Master Builder a modernist text?

Essay Topic 3

What symbolism does Ibsen use in the play? Is symbolism more important in theatre than other arts? If so, why?

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