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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. Where does Werle's son meet Ekdal's son?

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

3. About what does Hjalmar say he knows the most at the party?

4. Hjalmar ask for a lot of what item on his sandwich?

5. According to the servants, why has Ekdal gone to jail.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Gina tell Hedwig to stop reading in Act 2?

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

4. What sickness does Relling say Gregers has?

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

6. What is the first thing Hjalmar does when he returns from his walk with Gregers?

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

8. What does Werle offer Gregers while they are speaking in Hjalmar's house, and how does Werle respond to this offer?

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

10. What does Hjalmar do the last two time Hedwig ever tries to approach him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters in this book are persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Forgiveness is a very important theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does Ibsen present the theme in a dynamic way?

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