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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Nora want to come home from the dance after the Tarantella?
(a) Yes, she and Torvald leave together.
(b) No, she stays at the dance.
(c) Yes, she runs home without Torvald.
(d) No, but Torvald drags her downstairs.

2. What final doubt does Krogstad have about Mrs. Linde?
(a) He thinks she may be sacrificing herself to save Nora.
(b) He thinks she may want to be a mother more than she wants to be a wife.
(c) He thinks she may be using him because she's lonely.
(d) He thinks she may be using him to get money.

3. What stops Nora from leaving?
(a) Nora's doubts about leaving her children
(b) Torvald, coming out of his study
(c) the maid coming in from the kitchen
(d) Nora's doubts about what is in the letter

4. What reason does Mrs. Linde give Krogstad for her coming to town?
(a) to find a better apartment
(b) to find a better job
(c) to flee her home life
(d) to be with him

5. How much money does Krogstad say he will ask Torvald for?
(a) nothing
(b) 750 pounds
(c) 500 pounds
(d) 1,000 pounds

6. What is Mrs. Linde doing while waiting for Krogstad?
(a) sewing
(b) making tea
(c) cleaning around the house
(d) trying to read a book

7. What does Helmer find in the lock of the mailbox?
(a) a broken key
(b) a sewing needle
(c) a broken hairpin
(d) a wire from a brush

8. What is Krogstad's initial reaction to the fact that the Helmers are at a dance?
(a) laughter
(b) fear
(c) anger
(d) surprise

9. What does Torvald call Nora's explanation?
(a) a silly excuse
(b) a mockery of law
(c) a beautiful lie
(d) a song by a little bird

10. What sign tells Mrs. Linde that the Helmers will be returning soon?
(a) She hears the Tarantella upstairs.
(b) She hears a toast.
(c) She hears the clock strike midnight.
(d) She sees a light in the upstairs window.

11. What does Nora say Doctor Rank can pretend about her dancing?
(a) that she's dancing well
(b) that she's dancing for him
(c) that she's dancing a healing ritual
(d) that she's dancing a message from God

12. What excuse does Nora give Doctor Rank about who has arrived?
(a) She says it's a Christmas present for Torvald.
(b) She says it's a new hat for her costume.
(c) She says it's a dress she ordered.
(d) She says it's the boy from the butcher's.

13. What evidence does Doctor Rank believe supports his jealousy?
(a) Mrs. Linde is in the house as he's speaking.
(b) Mrs. Linde has gotten a job at the bank.
(c) Mrs. Linde is Nora's childhood friend.
(d) Mrs. Linde was critical of Doctor Rank.

14. What does Torvald blame Nora's behavior on?
(a) Krogstad's wiley enticements
(b) her father's lack of principles
(c) his own inability to control her
(d) Nora's mind going after difficult childbirth

15. What does Torvald say about Mrs. Linde after she leaves?
(a) that he admires her
(b) that he doesn't trust her
(c) that she's pushy
(d) that she's a bore

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doctor Rank offer to do?

2. What does Krogstad say he will do with the bond?

3. What does Mrs. Linde almost forget as she leaves?

4. What reason does Mrs. Linde give for being at the Helmers' apartment?

5. What does Nora pretend was Rank's father's sin?

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