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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 member of Tesman's family has passed away at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Hedda.
(b) Mr. Brack.
(c) Aunt Julle.
(d) Aunt Rina.

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

3. What will Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted use to reconstruct the manuscript?
(a) They will use Tesman's memory of Lovborg's reading.
(b) They will use Lovborg's recordings.
(c) They will use Mrs. Elvsted's memory.
(d) They will use Lovborg's notes.

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

5. What is Lovborg's new book about?
(a) The future of the wilderness.
(b) A history of machination.
(c) A medical thesaurus.
(d) The future of civilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Hedda raucously play as Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted try to rewrite the manuscript?

2. What new responsibility of Hedda's does Mr. Brack refer to?

3. What children did Solness and Aline have?

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

5. Why won't Hedda go with Tesman to Aunt Julle's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ejlert unable to return Mrs. Elvsted's love sufficiently?

2. What are Hedda's feelings about Tesman's aunts?

3. What does Hedda claim spurred her original interest in Ejlert Lovborg, years ago?

4. What imminent threat does Tesman face now that Lovborg has a successful book?

5. How does Hedda convince Lovborg to go to the party?

6. How did Solness and Aline's children die?

7. What are the implications to Hedda of Brack knowing Lovborg died by one of her pistols?

8. How does Lovborg take his leave of Mrs. Elvsted?

9. How does Hedda end up with Lovborg's manuscript?

10. Why is Solness afraid of youth?

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