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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 color were the school girls dressed in?

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

3. Whose portfolio is Solness reading?

4. What does Solness think Ragnar wants to stay at his company?

5. What kind of drink is on the table?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Aline say she is glad to move to a new house?

3. What does Solness think of Hilda's story?

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

5. What small talk do Hilda and Solness engage in?

6. How does Hilda react to Solness calling her a bird of prey?

7. How did Solness' children die?

8. Why does Aline say Hilda does not know Solness?

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

10. What story does Solness tell Dr. Herdal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the play and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Structure

3. Language

Essay Topic 2

How can such guilt destroy one's life? How can someone recover from such feelings of guilt?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the Play. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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