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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the furnishings in the house paid for?
(a) Berte lent Tesman the money to buy them.
(b) Hedda's inheritance paid for everything.
(c) Julle mortgaged her annuity to pay for the furnishings.
(d) Tesman could afford the furnishings with his salary.

2. 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.

3. Which of the following best characterizes Lovborg the night of Brack's party?
(a) Desperate and scheming.
(b) Out of control and drunken.
(c) Eloquent and learned.
(d) Strong and willful.

4. Why is the professorship so important to Tesman?
(a) He wants to make Hedda and Julle proud of him.
(b) He based his marriage and finances on the prospects of the job.
(c) He desperately wants some academic recognition.
(d) So he will finally outshine Lovborg.

5. What does Hedda do with a pistol as Lovborg prepares to leave?
(a) She lays it on the table in the entry way.
(b) She fires it in the air.
(c) She tries to hide it from Lovborg.
(d) She gives it to him as a 'keepsake'.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Brack's party, what information does Lovborg withhold?

2. Which answer best describes Tesman's perception of Hedda?

3. Which of the following best characterizes Tesman's feeling towards Julle?

4. What does the piano symbolize throughout the play Hedda Gabler?

5. When does Hedda do with Lovborg's manuscript when she hears the maid admit Lovborg into the house?

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