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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What burden does Gregers say is constantly with him?
(a) Shame.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Pity.
(d) The truth.

2. What does Hjalmar tell his wife he cannot do any more?
(a) Work.
(b) Live.
(c) Support.
(d) Worry.

3. Who reminds Hjalmar to get back to work when he becomes distracted in Act 3?
(a) Hedwig.
(b) Gregers.
(c) Werle.
(d) Ekdal.

4. Who has had an affair with Ekdal's son's new wife?
(a) Gary.
(b) Werle.
(c) Ekdal.
(d) Gaywin.

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

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

7. What does Hjalmar say Old Ekdal almost does after the bad bank deal?
(a) Move to another country.
(b) Shoot himself.
(c) Change his name.
(d) Live on the streets.

8. What does Hjalmar spend his spare time doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Inventing.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Reading.

9. What instrument does Hjalmar play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Fiddle.
(d) Trumpet.

10. How does Gregers describe the atmosphere in Hjalmar's house?
(a) Content.
(b) Loving.
(c) Tense
(d) Poisonous.

11. How does Hjalmar want to redeem his father?
(a) Put Werle behind bars.
(b) Make a grand invention.
(c) Prove his father's innocence.
(d) Write an epic novel.

12. Why does Gregers think Werle is so greedy?
(a) He is dissappointed in his wife.
(b) He has never been content.
(c) He is dissappointed in his son.
(d) He has a guilty conscience.

13. What is to be celebrated the day after the lunch with the tenants?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Hedwig's birthday.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.

14. Who gives Hjalmar's son a wounded animal to nurse back to health?
(a) Werle.
(b) Mrs. Sorby.
(c) Hjalmar.
(d) Gregers.

15. Where is Hjalmar sitting at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) The kitchen table.
(b) A work table.
(c) The high back chair.
(d) His bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Relling describe the atmosphere in Hjalmar's house?

2. How does Hjalmar feel when Gregers comes to his house?

3. Hjalmar is worrying about what medical condition with his daughter?

4. Who interrupts the near fight between Gregers and Relling?

5. What kind of business does Ekdal's son run?

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