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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. Hjalmar is worrying about what medical condition with his daughter?
(a) Her thin blood.
(b) Her failing eyesight.
(c) Her lack of growth.
(d) Her tendency to faint.

2. Relling says Gregers used to talk about what constantly?
(a) The Code of the Saviors.
(b) The trench of the damned.
(c) His mission in life.
(d) The Claim of the Ideal.

3. What does Ekdal's son say when Ekdal leaves for home?
(a) That he should have left sooner.
(b) That he should stay.
(c) That he is drunk.
(d) Nothing.

4. About what is Old Ekdal happy when he comes on stage at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) To see his granddaughter.
(b) Seeing his son earlier.
(c) The amount of work he has.
(d) Having a full stomach.

5. How old is Hjalmar's daughter at the beginning of the book?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 12 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Gregers speak when he comes in the house at the beginning of Act 3?

2. About what does Hjalmar caution Hedwig regarging the gun when he returns from the attic?

3. About what does Hjalmar say he knows the most at the party?

4. Why does Hedwig not go to school?

5. Why does Hjalmar not follow his father when he asks him to come to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hjalmar say to Gregers about Hedwig's eyes?

2. Why is Werle throwing a party at the beginning of the book?

3. How does Act 4 begin?

4. What does Hjalmar admit to Gregers when they are alone in the room?

5. What sickness does Relling say Gregers has?

6. What does Hjalmar tell Gregers about his invention?

7. Immediately after Ekdal leaves, Gregers confronts his father about what? What is Werle's response to this?

8. What news does Hjalmar give Gina when she returns from shopping, and how does she react to this?

9. How does Gina say she and Hjalmar will get through the tragic death of Hedwig?

10. Gina complains about what when she returns from shopping?

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