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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Tesman and Julle in the play, HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Nephew and aunt.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Close friends.

2. What does Hedda claim she has to keep her entertained at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) A growing family.
(b) A charming home.
(c) A busy social life.
(d) Her father's pistols.

3. Which of the following best characterizes Hedda's feelings towards Mrs Elvsted?
(a) Kindness and friendship.
(b) Respect and fear.
(c) Concern and honesty.
(d) Jealousy and disdain.

4. What does Lovborg want Tesman to see?
(a) Evidence of his reformed ways.
(b) That he is a potential candidate for the professorship.
(c) The manuscript to his next book.
(d) That he is a better writer than Tesman.

5. What does the letter sent in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLE propose to do?
(a) Warn Mrs Elvsted's husband of her whereabouts.
(b) Invite Ejlert Lovborg over that evening.
(c) Make arrangements for a celebration.
(d) Summon Brack to the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. From their conversation, what can one infer about Brack and Hedda in Act 2?

2. Who does Tesman invite over to their house for evening in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER?

3. What is the only thing that Mrs Elvsted knows about the woman whose shadow stands between her and Lovborg?

4. What was the basis of the close friendship shared by Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted?

5. What role did Ejlert Lovborg play in the Elvsted household prior to the happenings in the play Hedda Gabler?

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