A Doll's House

Question 1

Just like a woman

Answer 1

Torvald to Nora

Question 2

I would never dream

Answer 2

I would never dream of doing anything you wouldn’t want me to.

Question 3

Oh Nora, Nora, how like a woman!

Answer 3

Torvald to Nora

Question 4

songbird

Answer 4

My little songbird must never do that again

Question 5

being with Papa

Answer 5

Being with Torvald is a little like being with Papa

Question 6

terribly in love

Answer 6

Torvald is so terribly in love with me

Question 7

A man’s better

Answer 7

A man’s better at coping with these things than a woman

Question 8

I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself

Answer 8

Nora to Torvald

Question 9

Very satisfying

Answer 9

Very satisfying in knowing that he has forgiven his wife

Question 10

forgiven you

Answer 10

You can’t believe that I have forgiven you.

Question 11

doll wife doll child.

Answer 11

I have been your doll wife, just as at home I was Daddy’s doll child.

Question 12

play with them

Answer 12

Just as they thought it was fun when I went to play with them

Question 13

I am an individual

Answer 13

I am an individual, just as much as you are

Question 14

what it says in books.

Answer 14

But I’m not content anymore with what most people say, or what it says in books.

Question 15

miracles

Answer 15

I don’t believe in miracles any longer

Question 16

“I see you dancing like a fairy”

Answer 16

Torvald seems to enjoy the fact that it is a performance that impresses other people more than anything

Question 17

“My duty to myself”

Answer 17

The dance becomes a metaphor for Nora’s own journey towards self-discovery, as she breaks free from societal expectations and her husband’s control.

Question 18

But surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little like being with _____. (Act 2)

Answer 18

Papa

Question 19

A fog of ___ like that in a household, and spreads ____ and infection to every part of it.

Answer 19

lies, disease

Question 20

(stage direction) the tree has been stripped and the candles burned out; the stage directions dictate that it should look

Answer 20

“bedraggled.”