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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the dinner party at Brack's house?
(a) Poorly attended and brief.
(b) Dull and monotonous.
(c) Wild and uncontrolled.
(d) Sophisticated and intellectual.

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

3. What does the letter from Julle tell Tesman?
(a) That Rina is dying and he must hurry to her side.
(b) That Lovborg was arrested, and needs help.
(c) That the police know he has Lovborg's book, and he must go to the station at once.
(d) That Hedda is pregnant.

4. Which of the following best describes the state Lovborg is in when he returns to the Tesman household after Brack's party?
(a) Contrite and repentant.
(b) Elated and joyous.
(c) Desperate and disheveled.
(d) Sad and mournful.

5. 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) Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted.
(b) Tesman and Brack.
(c) Hedda and Brack.
(d) Hedda and Tesman.

6. What are Mrs. Elvsted's plans when she leaves the Tesman household in Act 3 of HEDDA GABLER?
(a) She is going to return to her husband.
(b) She is going to look for the missing manuscript.
(c) She is going to attempt to purchase the manuscript back from Miss Diana.
(d) She has no plans and nowhere to go.

7. 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 tries to hide it from Lovborg.
(c) She gives it to him as a 'keepsake'.
(d) She fires it in the air.

8. What is Hedda doing when Tesman returns from Brack's party?
(a) Reading Lovborg's book.
(b) Stoking the fire.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Talking with Mrs Elvsted.

9. What is the reason that Brack gives Hedda for telling her everything that happened to Lovborg the previous evening?
(a) Because he knows how Lovborg feels about Hedda.
(b) So that she can see how uncontrolled Lovborg is.
(c) So that she understands the importance of the manuscript.
(d) To suggest that the Tesman house should not welcome Lovborg further.

10. How does Hedda imagine Lovborg when he returns?
(a) The talk of the town.
(b) Flushed and fearless with vine leaves in his hair.
(c) Responsible and self controlled.
(d) Reckless and free.

11. What does Lovborg take with him to Brack's?
(a) A bottle of punch.
(b) A pistol.
(c) His manuscript.
(d) Mrs Elvsted's glove.

12. What best characterizes the way Hedda feels about Mrs. Elvsted?
(a) She feels a close affinity to Mrs. Elvsted.
(b) She is jealous of her and the influence she has on Lovborg.
(c) She feels Mrs. Elvsted is wrong to leave her husband.
(d) She thinks Mrs. Elvsted is a scheming social climber.

13. What is Mrs. Elvsted's state of mind after the gentlemen leave?
(a) Hopeful and determined.
(b) Anxious and unhappy.
(c) Jubilant and victorious.
(d) Serene and confident.

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

15. What does Lovborg try to call Hedda when they are alone?
(a) Mrs Tesman.
(b) Dear.
(c) Hedda.
(d) My love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lovborg's response to Hedda's revelation about Mr Elvsted?

2. What does Hedda understand is the real point of Brack's story?

3. What does Hedda remember getting Lovborg to confess?

4. What does Tesman think of the book Lovborg read out loud at Brack's party?

5. What does Hedda divulge to Lovborg that Mrs Elvsted did not want known?

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