Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.Krogstad: I shall only preserve it—keep it in my possession. No one who is not concerned in the matter shall have the slightest hint of it. So that if the thought of it has driven you to any desperate resolution.Nora: It has.Krogstad: If you had it in your mind to run away from your home.Nora: I had.Krogstad: Or even something worse—Nora: How could you know that?Krogstad: Give up the idea.Nora: How did you know I had thought of that?Krogstad: Most of
Answer
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Krogstad has written a deceptive letter.
N
Nora will follow Krogstad’s advice.
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Krogstad thinks that Nora is foolish.
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Nora is considering killing herself.
Explanation
Krogstad asks whether Nora has considered “something worse” after she admits she thought of running away. Nora’s response—“How could you know that?”—suggests he has guessed she may be thinking of suicide. Thus the excerpt indicates that Nora is considering killing herself, not merely leaving home.
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