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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ragnar want Solness to write for his father?

2. What does say Aline's hoouse looked like from the outside?

3. What does Mr. Solness say the fire was caused by?

4. What does Solness presume Hilda and Aline were talking about?

5. What does Solness say that Ragnar should not be allowed to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why does Ibsen use only one location? How does he use the characters to express a life beyond this location? How is the location used to express elements such as theme and character? How do the students think the story's setting would change if it was a novel?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1890s? How does Ibsen express these concerns?

2. How would Ibsen have to change the play if it was set in today's society?

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