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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 she was when she was a young girl?

2. Why does Solness not want Kaia to runaway?

3. What does Hilda say she dreamed she was falling down?

4. What does Solness tell his wife she has on her hands?

5. Why does Solness say he is willing to give a commission away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Solness say is the point of the story?

2. What does Solness say about the crack in the chimney?

3. How does Solness react when Hilda asks him if he gets dizzy when he climbs up towers?

4. What does Hilda say she remembers about Solness?

5. How does everyone react to seeing Solness climb the tower?

6. Why does Hilda say she has to go away?

7. Why does Solness say he does not tell his wife about his situation?

8. What does Solness say about God in the final act?

9. Why has Ragnar not come to work?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Was the generational gap expressed in the Master Builder particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the Play's settings. Explain how the play's settings contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Story

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about late 19th century society:

1) Architecture.

2) Religion.

3) Youth.

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