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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Solness say Hilda can see if she sits on the sofa?

2. Hilda does say Aline is by nature?

3. What sort of conscience does Hilda say Solness should have?

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

5. What does Aline say Solness is underneath his bluster?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why do Solness and Aline stay with each other if they are so unhappy? Is their unhappiness solely to do with the death of the children? What was their life like before the death of their children?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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