View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gregers think Werle is so greedy?
(a) He is dissappointed in his wife.
(b) He has never been content.
(c) He is dissappointed in his son.
(d) He has a guilty conscience.

2. What is the name of Ekdal's son's wife?
(a) Gabby.
(b) Gretta.
(c) Gilly.
(d) Gina.

3. What does Hjalmar tell his wife he cannot do any more?
(a) Support.
(b) Work.
(c) Worry.
(d) Live.

4. Who interrupts the near fight between Gregers and Relling?
(a) Ekdal.
(b) Werle.
(c) Hjalmar.
(d) Hedwig.

5. Whom does Hjalmar ask to finish his work while he joins his father?
(a) Hedwig.
(b) Gina.
(c) Gregers.
(d) Werle.

6. To what does Werle compare the Ekdal family after his son gets angry with him?
(a) A shot duck.
(b) A decoy swan.
(c) A rabid squirrel.
(d) A lame deer.

7. What kind of business does Ekdal's son run?
(a) Photography.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Acting.
(d) Tailoring.

8. About what does Werle's son get mad at his father after Ekdal leaves?
(a) Not taking his blame for the business.
(b) Inviting a fighting family to dinner.
(c) Letting the Ekdal family sink so low.
(d) Not stopping the bad behavior of Ekdal's son.

9. How does Gregers describe the atmosphere in Hjalmar's house?
(a) Content.
(b) Loving.
(c) Poisonous.
(d) Tense

10. Who reminds Hjalmar to get back to work when he becomes distracted in Act 3?
(a) Gregers.
(b) Werle.
(c) Ekdal.
(d) Hedwig.

11. Why does Werle plan to marry his housekeeper?
(a) She is a good friend.
(b) She has a hidden fortune.
(c) He loves her.
(d) His eyesight is failing.

12. For what is Gina's daughter excited when her father gets home?
(a) A new photograph.
(b) A kiss before she goes to bed.
(c) Something nice from the party.
(d) A new book.

13. Who asks that Hedwig not go to school?
(a) Hjalmar.
(b) Werle.
(c) Gina.
(d) Hedwig's teacher.

14. What does Werle's son say he has discovered as he leaves his father's house at the beginning of the book?
(a) His reason for returning.
(b) His purpose in life.
(c) His duty to his mother.
(d) His father's true nature.

15. Who has had an affair with Ekdal's son's new wife?
(a) Ekdal.
(b) Gaywin.
(c) Werle.
(d) Gary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the most control within the photography business?

2. What is the name of the Werle's housekeeper?

3. What does Hjalmar do repeatedly after his father goes to work somewhere else?

4. Hjalmar is worrying about what medical condition with his daughter?

5. What does Ekdal's son say when Ekdal leaves for home?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 424 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample