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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. Why has Solness kept Kaja employed?
(a) He wants to keep Ragnar under his thumb.
(b) She is excellent at her job and he could ask for no one better.
(c) He is in love with her and wants to marry her.
(d) He made a promise to her father that he would take care of her.

2. Why does Hedda tell Tesman she burned the manuscript?
(a) She tells him she burned it because she hates Lovborg.
(b) She tells him she burned it because she got cold.
(c) She tells him she burned it to ensure his job at the university.
(d) She tells him she burned it because Mrs. Elvsted insisted.

3. What card does Torvald receive from Dr. Rank?
(a) He receives a birthday invitation for the next week.
(b) He receives a calling card with a black cross.
(c) He receives a wedding invitation with a red heart.
(d) He receives a congratulations for the new baby.

4. What childhood memory does Oswald share about his father?
(a) He remembers the first time plowing the fields.
(b) He remembers the first time he smoked a pipe.
(c) He remembers the first book he read.
(d) He remembers the first cobbling.

5. How long does Nora plan to wait to tell Torvald about the borrowing?
(a) Until he is not as in love with her.
(b) Until she has paid it all back.
(c) Until he discovers the receipts.
(d) Until she has paid off the interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Engstrand tell about Regine's parentage?

2. What is the name of the orphanage?

3. What does Oswald think will happen to any attempted memorial of his father?

4. Who arrives unexpectedly to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Solness?

5. What trait in herself does Mrs. Alving regret?

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