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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Werle's son meet Ekdal's son?
(a) A sports meet.
(b) At a church service.
(c) School.
(d) The Army.

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

3. What is happening in the house at the beginning of the play?
(a) A doctor's visit.
(b) A fight.
(c) A ball.
(d) A dinner party.

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

5. Hjalmar warns the person he has asked to finish his work to be careful of what?
(a) The hands.
(b) The tree branches.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The light source.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Werle's son say he has discovered as he leaves his father's house at the beginning of the book?

2. How many servants do the Werles have?

3. What does Relling call Old Ekdal?

4. What does Hjalmar tell his wife he cannot do any more?

5. Where does Ekdal tell Hjalmar to go to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hjalmar say when he hears that his wife did have an affair with Werle?

2. What does Hjalmar do when he returns to the room after the strange noise is heard in the back room?

3. What does Hjalmar say when he hears that Werle is going blind?

4. What does Ekdal show the people at the lunch table?

5. What does Relling tell Gregers NOT to do when he learns that Gina's affair has been uncovered?

6. What does Gina say when Gregers leaves her house?

7. Immediately after Ekdal leaves, Gregers confronts his father about what? What is Werle's response to this?

8. Why does Relling think Gregers is so eager to make Hjalmar live by the Ideal?

9. How does this play begin?

10. What does Relling say to Gregers about Hedwig's death?

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