"The Doll's House" Quiz

Which of these actions would most likely mean that someone is being shunned?

• slamming a door in the person’s face

• attending the person’s graduation party

• offering the person constructive criticism

• exchanging text messages with the person

Which of these actions would most likely mean that Carlos is behaving spitefully?

• shaking hands with another person

• fidgeting instead of waiting patiently

• falling asleep in the middle of the day

• sticking his tongue out at someone else

What main criticism does “The Doll’s House” offer about the class system that prevailed in the place and time of its setting?

• The class system created a sense of responsibility in the upper class.

• The class system brought physical hardship to the lower classes.

• The class system could be cruel to the lower classes.

• The class system was governed mainly by women.

In “The Doll’s House,” what do the Burnell children—especially Isabel Burnell—gain by having the doll’s house?

• a new attitude toward life

• even more status than before

• additional, improved playtime

• a better understanding of beauty

In this paragraph from “The Doll’s House,” whose impression of the doll’s

house is conveyed?:

But perfect, perfect little house! Who could possibly mind the smell? It was part of

the joy, part of the newness.

• Aunt Beryl’s

• Else Kelvey’s

• Mrs. Burnell’s

• the Burnell girls’

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In “The Doll’s House,” which of the following most likely drives Kezia’s attempt to let the Kelvey girls see the doll’s house?

• her rebellious nature

• her desire to be kind

• her need to show off

• her wish to act superior

How does Else most likely feel when she says, “I seen the little lamp” at the very end of “The Doll’s House”?

• frightened by Aunt Beryl’s treatment of her

• pleased by the lamp and by Kezia’s kindness

• jealous of the Burnells for owning a doll’s house

• sad that her chance to see the doll’s house was interrupted

Which of these sentences from “The Doll’s House” best supports the criticism that the class system could be cruel to the lower classes during that time period?

• They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys where shunned by everybody.

• They were the daughters of a spry, hard-working little washerwoman, who went about from house to house by the day.

• The truth was they were dressed in “bits” given to her [Mrs. Kelvey] by the people for whom she worked.

• She [Else] was a tiny wishbone of a child, with cropped hair and enormous solemn eyes—a little white owl.

Which of these sentences from “The Doll’s House” best supports the idea that the Burnell children gain more status as a result of having the doll's house?

• Isabel was bossy, but she was always right, and Lottie and Kezia knew too well the powers that went with being eldest.

• For it had been arranged that while the doll’s house stood in the courtyard they might ask girls at school, two at a time, to come and look.

• The girls of her [Isabel’s] class nearly fought to put their arms round her, to walk away with her, to beam flatteringly, to be her special friend.

• While always, as near as they could get, sat the Kelveys, our Else holding on to Lil, listening too, while they chewed their jam sandwiches out of a newspaper soaked with large red blobs.

In “The Doll’s House,” what can readers tell about Aunt Beryl from her

reaction to the doll’s house when the Burnells first receive it?

• She is sweet and generous.

• She often complains.

• She is a very practical person.

• She is nostalgic for childhood.

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