Act 1 quotes

Question 1

‘Hide that…

Answer 1

… Christmas tree away, Helen’

Question 2

‘Here’s a pound…

Answer 2

… No, keep it’

Question 3

‘Is that my…

Answer 3

… little skylark twittering out there?’

Question 4

‘Has my little…

Answer 4

… squanderbird been overspending again?’

Question 5

‘You’ve got a big…

Answer 5

… salary now, and you’re going to make lots and lots of money’

Question 6

‘Very well, Torvald…

Answer 6

… As you say’

Question 7

‘Here are new clothes…

Answer 7

… for Ivar - and a sword. And a horse and a trumpet for Bob. And a doll and a cradle for Emmy’

Question 8

‘You’re a funny…

Answer 8

… little creature. Just like your father used to be’

Question 9

‘And you don’t have to tire…

Answer 9

… your pretty eyes and your delicate hands’

Question 10

‘So you’ve come…

Answer 10

… to town? All that way in winter! How brave of you!’

Question 11

‘But I always put it off…

Answer 11

… and something else always cropped up’

Question 12

‘Not even a…

Answer 12

… feeling of loss or sorrow’

Question 13

‘Have you heard…

Answer 13

… of the wonderful luck we’ve just had?’

Question 14

‘Nora, Nora…

Answer 14

… haven’t you grown up yet’

Question 15

‘You spent a whole…

Answer 15

… year in Italy, didn’t you?’

Question 16

‘Well, my mother…

Answer 16

… was still alive; and she was helpless’

Question 17

‘I started a little…

Answer 17

… shop, and a little school, and anything else I could turn my hand to’

Question 18

‘You patronize…

Answer 18

… me, Christine; but you shouldn’t’

Question 19

‘I too have done…

Answer 19

… something to be proud and happy about’

Question 20

‘Hm;…

Answer 20

… tra-la-la-la!’

Question 21

‘It’s lovely to wear…

Answer 21

… pretty clothes. Don’t you think?’

Question 22

‘I can fill…

Answer 22

… the house with pretty things, just the way Torvald likes’

Question 23

‘people who are…

Answer 23

… morally sick, too. There’s a moral cripple in with Helmer at this very moment’

Question 24

‘My sweet…

Answer 24

… little baby doll!’

Question 25

‘A word…

Answer 25

… with you’

Question 26

‘Whether or not…

Answer 26

… you have a merry Christmas depends on you’

Question 27

‘But, Mr Krogstadt…

Answer 27

… I have no influence!’

Question 28

‘Can you…

Answer 28

… suggest any explanation?’

Question 29

‘You can’t be…

Answer 29

… a very good lawyer, Mr Krogstadt’

Question 30

‘Every breath…

Answer 30

… that the children draw in such a house contains the germs of evil’

Question 31

‘So my pretty…

Answer 31

… little Nora must promise not to plead his case’