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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of person does Regina not want to marry?

2. When does Mrs. Alving say Engstrand is a good worker?

3. What kind of woman does Mrs. Alving say she is not?

4. What does Mrs. Alving say Manders always is?

5. What does Manders say Regina's father does not have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Regina say she has been brought up?

2. Why did Mrs. Alving never tell Oswald about the person his father really was?

3. Why does Mrs. Alving want the orphanage insured?

4. Why did Mrs. Alving send Oswald to school at such an early age?

5. What does Mrs. Alving say Oswald's father was like in the old days?

6. Why does Regina refuse to go home with her father?

7. Why does Engstrand say he cannot conduct the prayers himself?

8. What does Mrs. Alving say is the cause of trouble in the world?

9. What does Oswald tell Manders about his work as a painter?

10. Why is Engstrand surprised that Manders knows the truth about Joanna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Manders and Mrs. Alving.

1) In what ways are they similar people?

2) Why did they never develop a relationship? How would their lives been different if they did marry?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the play's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1880s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Oswald's illness affects one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work

2) Social life

3) Intimate relationships

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