Hedda quiz Flashcards
Who raised Tesman?
Aunt Julle and Rina
What is Tesman’s academic specialty?
Histoy
What kind of book has Ejlert just published?
A history of the world
Where did Hedda acquire her pistols?
They belonged to General Gabler.
Where did Ibsen live most of his life?
Italy and Germany
In what year was Hedda Gabler completed?
1890
For how many months did the Tesmans’ honeymoon last?
6
What did Hedda think of her honeymoon?
It was boring.
To whom is Mrs. Elvsted married?
The District Magistrate
What is Ejlert’s manuscript about?
The future
What does Aunt Juju bring Tesman?
his slippers
Which of the following sentences is most true about Judge Brack?
He hosts parties to which only men are invited.
How does Hedda drive Ejlert to drink?
by suggesting that Mrs. Elvsted doubts his self-discipline
Which of the following terms best describes Bertha?
Eager to please
Of what does Tesman declare himself jealous?
the manuscript Ejlert has written
At whom does Hedda pretend to shoot?
Brack
How has Tesman come to possess Ejlert’s manuscript?
Ejlert dropped it while drunkenly walking the streets.
Which of the following is explicitly made clear in the play?
Ejlert used to love Hedda.
What are Mrs. Elvsted’s thoughts upon hearing that Ejlert has “destroyed” his manuscript?
She says the action was akin to killing a child.
What happens while Ejlert and Tesman are at Brack’s party?
Hedda falls asleep.
When the play begins, Tesman assumes Ejlert is no longer an academic rival because:
He has become an alcoholic.
Whom does Hedda call “the cock of the yard”?
Judge Brack
What do Hedda and Ejlert pretend to do when they are found talking together?
look at pictures from the honeymoon
How is Hedda Gabler structured
Into four acts
What is Hedda’s last act before she dies?
She plays the piano.
When was Henrik Ibsen Born?
1828
Ibsen was a significant part of an artistic renaissance in ___.
Norway
Ibsen studied ___ before becoming a playwright.
Medicine
What was Ibsen’s first play?
The Vikings at Helgeland
Where was Ibsen living when he wrote the plays that established his reputation?
Italy
All of the play takes place in, or adjacent to, the Tesmans’ ____.
Living room
Who plays Ejlert and Mrs. Elvsted against each other, making Ejlert think Mrs. Elvsted was worried he would begin drinking again?
Hedda
Brack reports that after Tesman left the party, the drunken Ejlert got ____.
Arrested
Whose funeral are the characters dressed for at the beginning of Act 4?
Aunt Rina’s
How does Hedda kill herself?
Shooting
Hedda Gabler is descended from a famous ___.
General
What discipline does Tesman study?
History
At the beginning of the play, who does Aunt Julle live with?
Aunt Rina
Ejlert Lövborg became an outcast after a series of scandals involving ___.
Drinking
Who works as Ejlert’s personal secretary?
Mrs. Elvsted
Who has mortgaged an annuity in order to pay for the Tesmans’ new house?
Aunt Juju
When Hedda first appears in the play, she is complaining that the maid ____.
Opened the windows
Hedda comments on the ugliness of Aunt Julle’s ___.
Hat
What does Hedda suggest that Tesman go do, in order to get him out of the room?
Write a long letter
How long have the Elvsteds been married?
5 years
Mrs. Elvsted claims that Ejlert once dated a woman who, when they broke up, wanted to ___.
shoot him
Who arrives to talk to Tesman as Hedda is showing Mrs. Elvsted out?
Judge Brack
What does Hedda say is the one thing she has to amuse herself?
Her pistols
When Hedda calls out a greeting to Judge Brack through the window, what does she do?
Pretends to shoot him
Who is Tesman away visiting when Judge Brack meets with Hedda?
Aunt juju
Hedda says that she married Tesman because she was ___.
Tired of being single
How does Hedda describe her expensive house to Judge Brack?
A joke
What does Hedda wish that Tesman would get involved with?
Politics
When Tesman includes Hedda in his excitement, how does she feel?
Resentful
At the Tesmans’, what drink does Ejlert initially refuse, but eventually accept?
Punch
Why did Hedda break up with Ejlert?
It got too serious/ threatened to turn into a sexual relationship
Hedda says that Ejlert will return from the party with ___ in his hair.
Vine leaves
