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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lovborg tell Mrs. Elvsted happened to the manuscript?
(a) That he sold it to pay his debts.
(b) That it is missing but the police are looking for it.
(c) That Miss Diana has taken it and he can't get it back.
(d) That he tore it into bits and scattered it in the fjord.

2. Which of the following best describes Mrs Elvsted's marriage?
(a) Comfortable and satisfactory.
(b) Passionate and unwise.
(c) Abusive and horrible.
(d) Loveless and convenient.

3. What does Lovborg know after his night at Brack's?
(a) That he is in love with Hedda.
(b) The he will not be able to maintain a respectable lifestyle.
(c) That he is the best man for the professorship.
(d) That it is pointless for him to write books.

4. What does Lovborg ask Hedda while they are alone?
(a) He wants to know if she thinks his book is better than Tesman's.
(b) He asks if there was ever any love in her friendship for him.
(c) He asks if Tesman is angry with him for competing for the professorship.
(d) He asks her about Mrs Elvsted.

5. Of what does Lovborg accuse Mrs. Elvsted?
(a) That she was trying to credit for his reformation.
(b) That she wanted to control him.
(c) That she was working with her husband to watch out for him.
(d) That she was trying to prevent him from publishing his book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best characterizes the way Hedda feels about Mrs. Elvsted?

2. What does the letter sent in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLE propose to do?

3. What time of day is it when Lovborg arrives at the Tesman household?

4. What does Hedda show Lovborg when they are first left alone together?

5. To what does Brack invite Tesman?

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