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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Hedda threaten to do to Berte in Act 1 of Hedda Gabler?
(a) Cut her hair off.
(b) Send her to care for Rina.
(c) Dismiss her.
(d) Visit her every day.
2. Why might Tesman not get the professorship he was promised?
(a) Tesman was gone too long on his travels.
(b) The subject of Tesman's book is irrevelant to the post.
(c) There are doubts about Tesman's character.
(d) Lovborg is also being considered for the post.
3. What does Tesman thank Brack for when Brack arrives at the house for the first time in Act 1?
(a) Making the financial arrangements for the house.
(b) Always being a good friend to Hedda.
(c) Looking after Julle while they were away.
(d) Coming so promptly after receiving his letter.
4. Which of the following best characterizes Mrs Elvsted's feelings regarding Lovborg?
(a) Proud, sure, and boastful.
(b) Protective, worried, and adoring.
(c) Skeptical and cautious.
(d) Fearful, thwarted, and rancorous.
5. What does the letter sent in Act 1 of HEDDA GABLE propose to do?
(a) Make arrangements for a celebration.
(b) Warn Mrs Elvsted's husband of her whereabouts.
(c) Summon Brack to the house.
(d) Invite Ejlert Lovborg over that evening.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following best characterizes Tesman's feeling towards Julle?
2. What does Tesman bring home with him in the second act of HEDDA GABLER?
3. What was the basis of the close friendship shared by Lovborg and Mrs Elvsted?
4. What kind of friends were Mrs Elvsted and Hedda in school?
5. What would best characterize the way Hedda greets Julle?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Act 2 of HEDDA GABLER, Hedda tells Lovborg that her not daring to shoot him when their previous friendship ended was an act of cowardice, for fear of a scandal, but that it was not her greatest act of cowardice that evening. What do you think she is alluding to as her greatest act of cowardice?
2. Despite it's great reception, what does Lovborg say about the book of his that was recently published? What about the next one?
3. What does the letter from Julle tell Tesman about Rina? What are Tesman and Hedda's responses?
4. What reason does Hedda give Lovborg for her asking him all the details of his dissolute life when they knew each other previously?
5. What does Tesman ask of Hedda shortly after Julle leaves in Act 1? What does Hedda reply?
6. What does Hedda tell Lovborg that finally does have an impact and he starts to drink? Why does it affect him so?
7. What do Tesman and Hedda discuss at the end of Act 1 of HEDDA GABLER that causes severe disappointment to Hedda?
8. What do Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted decide they must do for Lovborg, and what does Mrs. Elvsted have that makes this possible?
9. Who was Hedda Gabler before she married Tesman? What was her life like?
10. What is the bad news that Brack divulges to Tesman that causes Tesman distress? Why does it cause Tesman distress?
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