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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 is Molvik's occupation?

2. Relling says Molvik is demonic about what?

3. Why does Hedwig say she enjoys staying home from school?

4. What does Hjalmar say he has a sacred duty to do?

5. How does Werle describe his wife at the end of her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gregers suggest Hedwig do to prove her love to her father?

2. What does Werle offer Gregers while they are speaking in Hjalmar's house, and how does Werle respond to this offer?

3. What does Relling tell Gregers NOT to do when he learns that Gina's affair has been uncovered?

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

5. What does the note say that Mrs. Sorby gives to Hedwig in the hall?

6. Why has Hedwig been kept out of school, and how does she feel about this?

7. What does Hjalmar tell Gina and Hedwig about the party?

8. What does Hjalmar ask Hedwig to do when she comes on stage for the first time in Act 3?

9. Why does Gina say she had an affair with Werle while working for him?

10. What is in Ekdal's back room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Security and safety are two themes that are touched upon a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does they affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 2

With which character do you most relate in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Choosing sides is a theme that is presented in this book. What are some of the examples of this theme, and how are the characters involved affected?

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