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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hilda put on the table?

2. What does Hilda think Solness is bad at?

3. What color jacket does Solness wear?

4. What did the family think of Ragnar's drawings?

5. What kind of hat does Hilda wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Solness accuse Dr. Herdal of?

2. Why does Solness say he does not tell his wife about his situation?

3. What does Solness say he will do if he climbs the tower?

4. Why does Hilda think Solness is mad?

5. What does Solness tell Aline troubles him?

6. Why does Solness say he built the tower in Hilda's hometown?

7. How does Aline respond to Solness' pointed comment?

8. How does Solness think he has created his meeting with Hilda?

9. How does Solness know Hilda?

10. What does Hilda claim is the real reason she has come to see Solness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the play. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Why do Solness and Aline stay with each other if they are so unhappy? Is their unhappiness solely to do with the death of the children? What was their life like before the death of their children?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about late 19th century society:

1) Architecture.

2) Religion.

3) Youth.

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