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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Master Builder, Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives unexpectedly to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Solness?
(a) Dr. Rank.
(b) Kaja.
(c) Hilde Wangel.
(d) Hedda Gabler.

2. Where does Regine plan to go instead of staying in the Alvings' house?
(a) She wants to go to Pastor Manders' house.
(b) She wants to go to Italy.
(c) She wants to go to Engstrand's house.
(d) She wants to go to Paris.

3. For what kind of building was Solness constructing the tower many years ago?
(a) For a home.
(b) For a town hall.
(c) For a shop.
(d) For a church.

4. Why did Hedda marry Tesman?
(a) She had an illicit relationship with him and became pregnant.
(b) She was desperately in love with him and he with her.
(c) She found him pathetically eager to support her while no one else was.
(d) She was betrothed to him as a small child.

5. What did the doctor say to Oswald?
(a) "You lie like a rug on the floor."
(b) "A stitch in time makes nine."
(c) "A penny saved is a penny earned."
(d) "The sins of the father are visiting upon the children."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who actually loaned Nora the money?

2. What will Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted use to reconstruct the manuscript?

3. What can many of the artists abroad not afford, according to Oswald?

4. How does Mr. Brack attempt to blackmail Hedda?

5. What prized possession was passed to Hedda from her father?

(see the answer key)

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