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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ekdal's son marry?

2. About what is Old Ekdal happy when he comes on stage at the beginning of Act 2?

3. What is Gina doing at the beginning of Act 2?

4. Relling says Gregers used to talk about what constantly?

5. What is Gina's daughter doing at the beginning of Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Hedwig worries about what when her father goes out drinking, and how does Gregers respond?

3. Gina complains about what when she returns from shopping?

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

5. What does Hjalmar tell Gregers about his invention?

6. What does Hjalmar say about Werle's letter regarding Ekdal's pension?

7. What strange noise is heard from the back room while Gregers is there, and what causes it?

8. How was Hjalmar raised?

9. How does Hjalmar feel when he realizes that Hedwig might not be his own daughter?

10. What do ducks do when they are wounded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Despair is a theme that has been placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this play?

Essay Topic 3

Betrayal is a theme introduced at the very beginning of this book. How does this constant stream of betrayal affect the outcome of the plot, and which characters are most affected by it?

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