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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hedda die?
(a) She dies of a carriage accident.
(b) She dies of a self-inflicted shot to the temple.
(c) She dies of a heart attack.
(d) She dies by jumping off a cliff.

2. How does Hedda describe her vacation?
(a) She thought it was the most interesting experience.
(b) She thought it was so exciting.
(c) She was completely exhausted by the trip.
(d) She thought it was horribly tedious.

3. Why was Lovborg arrested?
(a) He killed Mr. Brack with Hedda's pistol.
(b) He littered.
(c) He jay-walked.
(d) He accused an ex-lover of stealing his manuscript.

4. What does Solness plan to hang from the tower of his new home?
(a) A flag.
(b) A wreath.
(c) A curtain.
(d) A sign.

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

6. How does Mr. Brack attempt to blackmail Hedda?
(a) He will tell Aunt Julle that Hedda killed Aunt Rina.
(b) He will tell Mrs. Elvsted that Hedda had a relationship with Lovborg.
(c) He will let the word get out that Lovborg had her pistol.
(d) He will tell Tesman that they are having an affair.

7. What papers is Solness flipping through?
(a) He is looking at letters from Aline.
(b) He is looking at old photographs.
(c) He is looking at bills.
(d) He is looking at Ragnar's drawings.

8. What instrument does Hedda raucously play as Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted try to rewrite the manuscript?
(a) She plays the oboe.
(b) She plays the harpsichord.
(c) She plays the piano.
(d) She plays the guitar.

9. What destroyed Solness and Aline's original home?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A flood.
(c) A fire.
(d) An earthquake.

10. What is Solness paranoid really happened to the house?
(a) He is afraid Ragnar destroyed it on purpose.
(b) He is afraid Aline set it aflame.
(c) He is afraid he willed its destruction.
(d) He is afraid God did not want him to have the house.

11. Why does Lovborg say that Mrs. Elvsted is a good companion?
(a) She has a lovely singing voice.
(b) She is extremely intelligent and thoughtful.
(c) She is beautiful to look at.
(d) She has the courage to act.

12. Why does Solness finally agree to give Ragnar a kind word about his work?
(a) Aline threatens to kill herself.
(b) Kaja threatens to leave him forever.
(c) Hilde threatens him with a pistol.
(d) Hilde threatens that she will no longer believe he is a good man.

13. Whom does Hedda "playfully" shoot at?
(a) Tesman.
(b) Ejlert Lovborg.
(c) Mr. Brack.
(d) Mrs. Elvsted.

14. How long was Hedda and Jorgen's honeymoon?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

15. What month of the year is it upon Hedda and Jorgen's return?
(a) It is January.
(b) It is June.
(c) It is September.
(d) It is April.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hedda goad Lovborg into going to the party?

2. What has Solness promised Hilde?

3. To what does Mrs. Elvsted compare the manuscript?

4. Who arrives with news of Lovborg's attempted suicide?

5. What object(s) does Hedda keep imagining in Lovborg's hair?

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