World Literature II
Quiz # 5
Name ________________________
April 2, 2009
True (A) or False (B):
1.
_____ The fame of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House extended beyond those who saw the
play since it was also read all across Europe.
2.
_____ Dr. Rank functions in A Doll s House as a moral example, a plum line of
rational morality.
3.
_____ Although it has been identified as a literary watershed of Feminist thought,
Ibsen s A Doll's House, raised very little controversy at is first publication.
4.
_____ Ibsen when writing A Doll's House was building off the tradition of "The
Well Made Play," which has a strong neo-classical flavor, involving a very
tight plot and a climax.
5.
_____ Although she had a rough beginning in her early marriage with Torlvold,
Nora has not had to worry about money since then.
6.
_____ Anne, the nurse for Nora’s children, had first come and been Nora’s nurse
after her own small daughter had died of influenza.
7.
_____ When Nora discovers why her husband is so especially the enemy of
Krogstad—that being he uses Torvald’s first name in the bank since they
were classmates together—she expresses surprise that Torvald could be so
petty.
8.
_____ In "The Lady with the Dog," in spite of his belief when he drops Anna off
at the train that their relationship is over, Dmitri Gurov finds that he
cannot get her out of his mind and ends up pursuing her to her home town.
9.
______In "The Lady with the Dog" Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov is depicted as one
who praises women publicly.
10.
_____ Chekhov is notable for his acid wit and the harshness in which he
portrays the absurdities of his characters, like those in "The Lady with the
Dog."
.
_____ At the conclusion of "The Lady With the Dog," Dmitri Gurov and Anna
Sergeyevna reach a point in their relationship in which they no longer feel
the need to see one another and return to the comfortable and safe
marriages from which they had strayed.
11.
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Name ____________________
Quiz # 5
March 3, 2016
Multiple Choice:
12.
_____ Nora shows her playful defiance against Torvald’s rule by what?
(A) Singing slightly risqué songs, (B) Eating macaroons
(C) Buying a puppy for the children (D) Wearing perfume
13.
_____ From whom did Nora borrow money in A Doll’s House?
(A) Krogstad, (B) Torvald, (C) Mrs. Linde, (D) Dr. Rank
14.
_____ In Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, whom did Mrs. Linde abandon for a richer
man? (A) Torvald, (B) Dr. Rank, (C) Krogstad, (D) Her nanny’s father
15.
_____ In Ibsen s A Doll House, how did Dr. Rank get his disease?
(A) He inherited it from his mother
(B) He inherited it from his father
(C) He caught it during the war serving his country.
(D) He caught from a very ill patient
16.
_____ In A Doll's House whom did Mrs. Linde work many years to support?
(A) Her dying mother, (B) Her children, (C) Her husband,
(D) Her mad uncle
17.
_____ Before the action of A Doll’s House begins whose signature did Nora
forge?
(A) Krogstad’s
(B) Torvald’s
(C) Her father’s
(D) Her daughter’s
18.
_____ In A Doll's House with whom is Dr. Rank secretly in love?
(A) Helene, (B) Mrs. Linde, (C) Krogstad, (D) Nora,
19.
_____ The tarantella a dance from northern Italy which Nora does for her
husband during the fancy dress ball near the end of The Doll s House was
traditionally intended to do what?
(A) Secure a husband s love forever.
(B) Cure a person of a poisonous spider bite.
(C) Place a magic spell on any man who watched it.
(D) Drive evil spirits away.
20.
_____ In "The Lady with the Dog" Anna Sergeyevna says that her husband. . .
(A) is constantly unfaithful to her, (B) is a flunkey, (C) beats her.
(D) cannot forgive her since she has been unable to bear children.
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