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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregers call the back room while talking about the wild duck?
(a) The boundless deep.
(b) The isolation.
(c) A warm cage.
(d) Captivity.

2. Hjalmar says he will control what after he comes home following his walk with Gregers?
(a) The business.
(b) The cooking.
(c) The finances.
(d) The shopping.

3. What does Hjalmar do repeatedly after his father goes to work somewhere else?
(a) Swears.
(b) Gets up to join his father.
(c) Stares off into the distance.
(d) Throws logs onto the fire.

4. What does Gregers promise not to do while speaking with someone at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Be distracting.
(b) Alarm them.
(c) Annoy them.
(d) Make things difficult.

5. What does Relling call Old Ekdal?
(a) The Elder.
(b) The Survivor.
(c) The Prodigal.
(d) The Hunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room are the servants tidying at the beginning of the play?

2. What does Gregers want to tell Hjalmar about his marriage?

3. Who chides Ekdal's son for what he says when his father leaves for home?

4. What does Gregers say he has given to Gina and Hjalmar by telling him of the affair?

5. At the beginning of Act 3, Gina complains about what to Hjalmar?

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