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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 manuscript.
(d) A package.

2. At the end of Act 2, what does Hedda confess to Mrs Elvsted that she wants out of the whole situation?
(a) To influence a human fate.
(b) To see Lovborg succumb to weakness.
(c) To win Lovborg's love.
(d) To secure the professorship for Tesman.

3. What reason does Hedda give for refusing to go with Tesman to Rina?
(a) She feels unwell.
(b) She says she needs to free herself from darkness and death.
(c) Someone needs to guard the manuscript.
(d) She needs to wait for Lovborg to arrive.

4. What does Brack suggest is Lovborg's motive for visiting the Tesman household?
(a) To use it as a meeting place with Mrs Elvsted.
(b) To get leverage to win the professorship.
(c) To have access to Tesman's work.
(d) To get close to Hedda.

5. What happens to the manuscript when Tesman leaves?
(a) It gets knocked off the table and the pages scatter.
(b) Tesman gives it to Brack to hold onto.
(c) Tesman takes it with him to return to it's rightful owner.
(d) Tesman leaves it in Hedda's care.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Elvsted's state of mind after the gentlemen leave?

2. Where did Tesman get Lovborg's manuscript?

3. What does Tesman plan to do with the manuscript?

4. What does Tesman bring to Hedda while she talks to Lovborg?

5. Of what does Lovborg accuse Mrs. Elvsted?

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