A Doll’s House, Part 1: Dramatic Elements and Characterization
Question 5 • WCA - English 2A
Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Krogstad: I had left the date blank; that is to say, your father should himself have inserted the date on which he signed the paper. Do you remember that?Nora: Yes, I think I remember—Krogstad: Then I gave you the bond to send by post to your father. Is that not so?Nora: Yes.Krogstad: And you naturally did so at once, because five or six days afterwards you brought me the bond with your father's signature. And then I gave you the money.Nora: Well, haven't I been paying it off regularly?Krogstad: Fairly so, yes. But—to come back to the matter in hand—that must have been a very trying time for you, Mrs. Helmer?Nora: It was, indeed.Krogstad: Your father was very ill, wasn't he?Nora: He was very near his end.Krogstad: And died soon afterwards?Nora: Yes.Krogstad: Tell me, Mrs. Helmer, can you by any chance remember what day your father died? —on what day of the month, I mean.Nora: Papa died on the 29th of September.Krogstad: That is correct; I have ascertained it for myself. And, as that is so, there is a discrepancy [taking a paper from his pocket] which I cannot account for.Nora: What discrepancy? I don't know—Krogstad: The discrepancy consists, Mrs. Helmer, in the fact that your father signed this bond three days after his death.
Answer
A
The author highlights a woman’s role to financially help her husband.
B
The author highlights a woman’s use of blackmail to obtain her husband’s money.
C
The author highlights a woman’s inability to borrow money without a man’s signature.
D
The author highlights the fact that crime is more widespread among women than men.
Explanation
Krogstad points out that the bond needed Nora’s father’s signature, and Nora had him sign it because she could not obtain the loan on her own. The revelation that the signature is dated after her father’s death shows she forged it to secure the money. This highlights the restrictions that prevented a woman from borrowing money without a man’s authorization, not a claim that women commit more crimes than men.
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