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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 gift does Hedda give Mr. Lovborg?
(a) An embroidery.
(b) A pistol.
(c) His manuscript.
(d) A photograph.

2. What does Ragnar request of Solness just before Brovik's death?
(a) He requests a kind word about his drawings to share with his father.
(b) He requests the honor of constructing Solness's tower.
(c) He requests money to build his father a coffin.
(d) He requests a partnership in the company.

3. What is Hilde's main memory of Solness?
(a) She remembers him hammering the wall.
(b) She remembers him dancing at a party.
(c) She remembers him climbing the tower.
(d) She remembers him singing.

4. By the end of Act 4, what has Hedda lost?
(a) She has lost her one true love.
(b) She has lost her parasol.
(c) She has lost her hat.
(d) She has lost her freedom.

5. With what type of person is Solness prone to having relationships?
(a) He is prone to relationships with very poor women.
(b) He is prone to relationships with very intelligent women.
(c) He is prone to relationships with older women.
(d) He is prone to relationships with younger women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important element to Aline in her life?

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

3. With what has Ejlert Lovborg recently had success?

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

5. Why has Solness kept Kaja employed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ragnar ask of Solness, since his father is close to death?

2. Describe Solness' relationship with Kaja?

3. What does Hedda admit she wants control of?

4. What does Mr. Brack hint will soon keep Hedda busy, fulfilling her life and abating her incurable boredom?

5. Why does Hedda burn the manuscript?

6. What does Mrs. Elvsted confess to Hedda?

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

8. Ultimately, why does Solness finally grant Ragnar's request?

9. What is Ragnar's ambition?

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

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