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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is becoming clear about Brack's motives with Hedda?
(a) Brack is willing to do anything that Hedda asks.
(b) Brack is jealous of Tesman.
(c) Brack wants a more intimate relationship with Hedda.
(d) Brack is looking after her for her father.

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

3. What does Hedda first tell Lovborg when he continually declines the cold punch she offered him?
(a) That she admired his fortitude.
(b) That it makes him appear unsure of himself.
(c) That he had changed greatly from the person she knew.
(d) That Mrs Elvsted had trained him well.

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

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

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

7. What does Hedda threaten, again, to do to Mrs. Elvsted?
(a) Write to her husband.
(b) Burn her hair off.
(c) Ruin her in society.
(d) Seperate her from Lovborg.

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

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

10. What does Hedda show Lovborg when they are first left alone together?
(a) A photo album of her honeymoon.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her father's pistols.
(d) Her husband's manuscript.

11. What is the usual manner for Brack's arrivals and departures?
(a) He comes and goes with Tesman.
(b) The front door, as a formal guest.
(c) He lets himself in without using the bell so not to disturb anyone.
(d) He arrives unannounced through the back door and garden.

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

13. At Brack's party, what information does Lovborg withhold?
(a) That he is in love with Hedda.
(b) That his work is plagiarized from Tesman's.
(c) That there is a second copy of the manuscript.
(d) The name of the woman that inspired him.

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

15. Where did Tesman get Lovborg's manuscript?
(a) He borrowed it to read.
(b) He found it on the side of the road.
(c) Brack gave it to him for safe keeping.
(d) He stole it when Lovborg wasn't looking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describe Brack's character?

3. What best characterizes the way Hedda feels about Mrs. Elvsted?

4. Where did Lovborg go after he was at Brack's?

5. What does Hedda suggest that Lovborg do beautifully?

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