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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. How long have Gina and Hjalmar been married when the book begins?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 11 years.

2. Which of the following is NOT an animal kept in the house by Old Ekdal?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Birds.
(d) Kittens.

3. What does Ekdal's son say when Ekdal leaves for home?
(a) That he should stay.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That he should have left sooner.
(d) That he is drunk.

4. What is Hjalmar doing at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Retouching some photos.
(b) Eating.
(c) Going over his finances.
(d) Writing.

5. How does Werle describe his wife at the end of her life?
(a) Weak and lonely.
(b) Beautiful and pale.
(c) Frail and insane.
(d) Sickly and hysterical.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hjalmar want to redeem his father?

2. Who asks that Hedwig not go to school?

3. What does Gina add to her grocery list at the beginning of Act 2?

4. With whom does Gregers speak when he comes in the house at the beginning of Act 3?

5. Who gives Hjalmar's son a wounded animal to nurse back to health?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gina say she had an affair with Werle while working for him?

2. What does Hjalmar tell Gina and Hedwig about the party?

3. How does Gregers say he knows about his father's affair while his mother was still alive?

4. How does Gina say they have been able to survive on such a small income?

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

6. What does Relling say about the atmosphere within Hjalmar's home, and what does Gregers have to say about this?

7. Why is Werle throwing a party at the beginning of the book?

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

9. Why does Mrs. Sorby say her relationship with Werle will be so strong?

10. What does Gregers tell Werle he wants to tell Hjalmar, and why?

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