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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is it when Lovborg arrives at the Tesman household?
(a) Late the next day.
(b) He arrives at ten to take Mrs. Elvsted home.
(c) Four in the morning.
(d) After daybreak the next morning.

2. What does Tesman think of the book Lovborg read out loud at Brack's party?
(a) He thinks it's dull and simplistic.
(b) He thinks it's one of the most remarkable books ever written.
(c) He thinks it is plagiarism of his own work.
(d) He thinks it is interesting but poorly written.

3. What does Tesman confess to feeling about Lovborg's book?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pity.
(c) Envy.
(d) Disappointment.

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

5. Where does Hedda assume that Tesman is?
(a) Taking care of Lovborg.
(b) Sleeping at Julle's.
(c) Still partying.
(d) Gone to discuss the professorship.

6. Which of the following best describe Brack's character?
(a) Cold and distant.
(b) Friendly and caring.
(c) Controlling and manipulative.
(d) Simple and naive.

7. What does Hedda suggest that Lovborg do beautifully?
(a) Apologize to Mrs Elvsted.
(b) Write another book.
(c) Go to the interview for the professorship.
(d) End it all.

8. Which of the following set of people truly acts in the others best interest to the best of their ability in the play HEDDA GABLER?
(a) Tesman and Brack.
(b) Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted.
(c) Hedda and Brack.
(d) Hedda and Tesman.

9. How many copies of Lovborg's manuscript exist?
(a) Two, but only one is available because the other is at the Elvsted house.
(b) One that was divided into two pieces and seperated.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

10. What does Berte deliver for Tesman at a very early hour of the morning?
(a) A letter from Julle.
(b) A letter from Hedda's past.
(c) A package.
(d) A manuscript.

11. What does Hedda remember getting Lovborg to confess?
(a) That he wanted to write a great book in his life.
(b) The details of his dissolute lifestyle.
(c) That he loved Hedda.
(d) That he wanted to kill himself.

12. What did Hedda envision for Lovborg the night of Brack's party?
(a) The end of Lovborg's career so that Tesman would get the professorship.
(b) For society to recognize Lovborg's complete reformation.
(c) For Lovborg to be independent and in control of himself without Mrs Elvsted's influence.
(d) For Lovborg to be recognized as a great scholar.

13. What is Mrs. Elvsted waiting for in HEDDA GABLER at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) News of Lovborg's book.
(b) For Hedda to let her leave.
(c) The arrival of her husband.
(d) Lovborg to return from Brack's to take her home.

14. In Act 3, after Brack leaves, what does Hedda do?
(a) Leaf through Lovborg's manuscript.
(b) Pour herself a drink.
(c) Cry.
(d) Write a letter to Lovborg.

15. Why did Lovborg fight with Miss Diana?
(a) Miss Diana wanted him to stop drinking.
(b) Lovborg wanted more money from her.
(c) Lovborg thought she took his manuscript.
(d) Miss Diana demanded that he give her his book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Elvsted liken Lovborg's manuscript to?

2. What does Hedda threaten, again, to do to Mrs. Elvsted?

3. What does Hedda destroy in the end of Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?

4. Before he leaves, what does Lovborg promise to do?

5. What is the reason that Brack gives Hedda for telling her everything that happened to Lovborg the previous evening?

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