Worksheets'Hedda Gabler' Recap
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 28mins
1. Who raised Tesman?
Aunt Juliana and Rena
Judge Brack
General Gabler
Aunt Rena
2. What is Tesman's academic specialty?
Mathematics
History
Literature
Philosophy
3. What kind of book has Eilert just published?
A history of Norway
A history of the world
A treatise on alcoholism
A history of medieval Europe
4. Where did Hedda acquire her pistols?
They were a wedding present from Judge Brack.
They belonged to Tesman.
She bought them on her honeymoon.
They belonged to General Gabler.
5. Where did Ibsen live most of his life?
Italy and Germany
Poland
Austria and Germany
Norway
Draw a picture of an object that represents Hedda.
6. In what year was Hedda Gabler completed?
1906
1828
1890
1885
7. For how many months did the Tesmans' honeymoon last?
1
3
6
9
8. What did Hedda think of her honeymoon?
It was boring.
It was scenic.
It was relaxing.
It was exhausting.
9. To whom is Mrs. Elvsted married?
Eilert
Her tutee
A professor
The District Magistrate
10. What is Eilert's manuscript about?
Divorce
The future
The history of Europe
Norwegian literature
Draw a picture of an object that represents Ejlert.
11. What does Aunt Juliana bring Tesman?
his old pistols
his academic papers
his slippers
his old baby cradle
12. Which of the following sentences is most true about Judge Brack?
He is a very important judge.
He wants to seduce Mrs. Elvsted.
He is an incorrigible drunk.
He hosts parties to which only men are invited.
13. How does Hedda drive Eilert to drink?
by teasing him
by suggesting that he can win Mrs. Elvsted
as part of her seduction of him
by suggesting that Mrs. Elvsted doubts his self-discipline
14. Which of the following terms best describes Bertha?
Careless
Refined
Prone to eavesdropping
Eager to please
15. Of what does Tesman declare himself jealous?
Brack's influence on Hedda
Hedda's domination in his own house
Hedda's love for Eilert
The manuscript Eilert has written
Draw a picture of an object that represents Brack.
16. At whom does Hedda pretend to shoot?
A quail
Brack
Bertha
Eilert
17. How has Tesman come to possess Eilert's manuscript?
Eilert dropped it while drunkenly walking the streets.
Tesman was able to steal it because Eilert was so drunk.
Tesman has agreed to edit it for Eilert.
Tesman agreed to keep it while Eilert went to another party.
18. Which of the following is explicitly made clear in the play?
Tesman never slept with Hedda on their honeymoon.
Brack intends to have an affair with Hedda.
Eilert used to love Hedda.
Tesman plans to have an affair with Mrs. Elvsted.
19. What are Mrs. Elvsted's thoughts upon hearing that Eilert has "destroyed" his manuscript?
She is repulsed by his joy.
She says she hopes he did it beautifully.
She immediately vows to reconstruct it from the notes she has.
She says the action was akin to killing their child.
20. What happens while Eilert and Tesman are at Brack's party?
Mrs. Tesman falls asleep.
Eilert gives a long speech about his love for Hedda.
Hedda falls asleep.
Mrs. Elvsted gives up waiting for Eilert and goes home.
Draw a picture of an object that represents Mrs. Elvsted.
21. When the play begins, Tesman assumes Eilert is no longer an academic rival because:
He has not been invited to join the academy.
He has married.
He has been convicted of plagiarism.
He is an alcoholic.
22. Whom does Hedda call "the cock of the yard"?
Judge Brack
Eilert Loevborg
Tesman
Aunt Juliana
23. What do Hedda and Eilert pretend to do when they are found talking together?
Look at pictures from the honeymoon
Study Hedda's pistols
Drink alcoholic punch
Declare their mutual love
24. How is Hedda Gabler structured?
Into four two-scene acts
Into four scenes
Into four acts
Into five acts, of three scenes each
25. What is Hedda's last act before she dies?
She pretends to shoot Brack.
She plays the piano.
She declares that Mrs. Elvsted will be Tesman's next lover.
She eats a peach.
Draw a picture of an object that represents Tesman.
