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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dance does Nora learn in Capri?
(a) The flamenco.
(b) The waltz.
(c) The salsa.
(d) The tarentella.

2. Why does Torvald stay away from Nora at parties?
(a) He is jealous of the attention she receives.
(b) He is pretending they are secret lovers and engaged.
(c) He is always accompanying Dr. Rank.
(d) He cannot stand her.

3. What does Engstrand want the Pastor to do with the remainder of Alving's money?
(a) He wants him to give it to Mrs. Alving.
(b) He wants him to pay for Regine and Oswald's wedding.
(c) He wants him to invest in the seamen's home.
(d) He wants him to rebuild the orphanage.

4. What is Oswald's plan once his illness incapacitates him?
(a) He plans to kill himself with morphine pills.
(b) He plans to commit himself fully to prayer.
(c) He plans to paint as much as he can.
(d) He plans to marry Regine and profligate the family.

5. Why has Dr. Rank allowed himself such a merry evening?
(a) He has fallen in love with Mrs. Linde.
(b) He has finished his own lab results.
(c) He and Nora are running away together.
(d) He is cured of his disease.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who took care of Nora as a child?

3. What crime does Krogstad reveal Nora has committed?

4. How does Krogstad plan to tell Torvald of Nora's IOU?

5. Who does Torvald blame for Nora's fall from grace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Mrs. Alving's marriage to the Captain really like, despite Pastor Mander's perceptions?

2. What secret does Nora confess to Mrs. Linde about her and Torvald's trip to Italy?

3. Why does Mrs. Linde volunteer to approach Krogstad?

4. Why doesn't the Pastor want Mrs. Alving to insure the orphanage?

5. What does Regine do when she learns how closely related she and Oswald are?

6. When is the first instance that Mrs. Alving sees "ghosts"?

7. Why did Mrs. Alving keep Captain Alving's life of debauchery a secret?

8. What problems does Pastor Manders have with Oswald's perception of marriage?

9. Why doesn't Dr. Rank want Torvald to visit him in his illness?

10. What has Torvald refused to sacrifice for Nora?

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