A Doll's House Final Test: Whole-Play Quiz

A Doll's House Whole Play questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. In which country is A Doll's House set?
   Norway · Denmark · Sweden · Germany
2. What job has Torvald just been given?
   Judge at the high court · Mayor of the town · Headmaster of a school · Manager of the bank
3. What role does Mrs Linde play in relation to Nora?
   Nora's sister, come to claim an inheritance · Torvald's former fiancee, back in town · A foil: a woman hardened by real hardship · Krogstad's wife, sent to spy on Nora
4. What do the macaroons Nora eats in secret suggest?
   She is unwell and needs the sugar · Small deceptions are part of her marriage · She is saving money towards the loan · She has a great gift for baking
5. What does Nora say is her most sacred duty at the end?
   Her duty to herself · Her duty to her children · Her duty to her husband · Her duty to the church
6. How does the play end?
   Torvald and Nora reconcile happily · Nora is arrested for forgery · Krogstad takes Torvald's job · Nora leaves and a door slams shut
7. Why is the locked letterbox so important on stage?
   It holds Torvald's wages for the month · It hides Dr Rank's farewell gift to Nora · The danger sits in view and Nora cannot reach it · It proves that Krogstad never wrote at all
8. What makes Krogstad more than a simple villain?
   He secretly works for Torvald all along · He is fighting to save his name and his sons · He loves Nora and wants her for himself · He was once a famous lawyer in the town
9. Why is the final conversation so unusual for its time?
   It turns melodrama into a serious debate · It is the only scene in verse · It is delivered by a chorus · It reveals the play was a dream
10. What does the title suggest about Nora's life?
    She makes and sells dolls to earn money · Her children play with dolls all day · She lives in a very small, cramped house · She has been kept like a doll in a toy house

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Written in Norwegian; wording differs between English translations, so questions describe events rather than quote a translation.

Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.