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Wild Duck

Henrik Ibsen

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Why does Gregers think his father hated his mother?

(A) She loved Ekdal

(B) She was obsessed by the claim of the ideal

(D) She wanted to live at the Hoidal works

What does Relling consider Hialmar's misfortune?

(A) His fantasy of the invention

(B) His history of playing the "shining light" within his own circles

(D) The time he must waste in the photography studio

Who is not at some point imagined as the wild duck?

(A) Hialmar

(B) Hedvig

(D) Werle

What was Mr. Sorby's profession?

(A) He was a swineherd

(B) He was a doctor

(D) He was a stablehand

How long has it been since Gregers moved to the Hoidal works?

(A) Ten years

(B) Twenty years

(D) Fifteen years

What kind of animal does not reside in the garret?

(A) Pigeons

(B) Chickens

(D) Muscovy ducks

What game does Hedvig play in the kitchen?

(A) The depths of the sea

(B) House-on-fire

(D) Blindman's Bluff

What is the wine the chamberlains discuss at Werle's party?

(A) Tokay

(B) Port

(D) Chablis

For what did Ekdal go to prison?

(A) A mining scandal

(B) A forestry scandal

(D) A gaming scandal

What is Ekdal's military rank?

(A) Sergeant

(B) Captain

(D) Lieutenant

Who imagines himself as the "clever dog" who retrieves the wild duck from the water?

(A) Hialmar

(B) Ekdal

(D) Gregers

When does the snowstorm begin?

(A) Act V

(B) Act IV

(D) Act II

What does Hialmar give Hedvig as her gift from the dinner party?

(A) A herring

(B) A menu

(D) A letter

Who gives Hedvig the letter from Werle?

(A) Gregers

(B) Gina

(D) Mrs. Sorby

What does Pettersen give Ekdal at the party?

(A) More copying

(B) A bottle of cognac

(D) A slap in the face

How many gunshots occur in the play?

(A) Three

(B) Two

(D) Five

What instrument does Hialmar play?

(A) The guitar

(B) The piano

(D) The fiddle

What object does not number among the Flying Dutchman's old possessions?

(A) An armchair

(B) An old clock

(D) Books

Who according to Relling suffers from a "delirium of hero-worship?"

(A) Hialmar

(B) Hedvig

(D) Gregers

Who, according to Relling, suffers from a disease of integrity?

(A) Hialmar

(B) Hedvig

(D) Mrs. Sorby

When did Gina have an affair with Werle?

(A) During her tenure as his maidservant

(B) During her entire marriage

(D) During his wife's illness

Who shot the wild duck?

(A) Hedvig

(B) Ekdal

(D) Peterssen

Who is the thirteenth at the table?

(A) Ekdal

(B) Mrs. Sorby

(D) Gregers

When did Ibsen write The Wild Duck?

(A) 1834

(B) 1884

(D) 1914

Who does not at some point consider killing themselves with the pistol?

(A) Ekdal

(B) Gregers

(D) Hedvig

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