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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of friends were Mrs Elvsted and Hedda in school?
(a) They were classmates that spent a lot of time on school work together.
(b) They had some good friends in common and so they saw a lot of each other.
(c) They were seperated by a year, and Mrs Elvsted was frightened of Hedda.
(d) They were inseperable best friends.

2. Why did Tesman buy the house he did?
(a) It was the only one he could afford.
(b) It was close to his work.
(c) It had many rooms for raising a family.
(d) He believed Hedda wanted it more than any other.

3. Why might Tesman not get the professorship he was promised?
(a) The subject of Tesman's book is irrevelant to the post.
(b) Tesman was gone too long on his travels.
(c) Lovborg is also being considered for the post.
(d) There are doubts about Tesman's character.

4. What was the basis of the close friendship shared by Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted?
(a) Working together on Lovborg's book.
(b) Similar personalities.
(c) Hard times that brought them together.
(d) Long walks in the country.

5. What is the book Tesman is working on about?
(a) Cultural norms of the modern age.
(b) The role of religion in shaping the future.
(c) The importance of family in society.
(d) Domestic crafts of Brabant in the Middle Ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Julle and Tesman discuss as a strong ability of Tesman's?

2. What does Tesman ask Berte to put away for him?

3. When did Lovborg write his book?

4. To whom does Hedda not speak in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

5. What does Tesman ask of Hedda in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

(see the answer key)

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