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A Doll’s House, Part 3: Theme and Society

Question 9 • LHS English 10

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 us think of that at first. I did, too—but I hadn't the courage.Nora: [faintly] No more had I.Krogstad: [in a tone of relief]. No, that's it, isn't it—you hadn't the courage either?Nora: No, I haven't—I haven't.Krogstad: Besides, it would have been a great piece of folly. Once the first storm at home is over—. I have a letter for your husband in my pocket.Nora: Telling him everything?Krogstad: In as lenient a manner as I possibly could.

Answer
A
Krogstad has written a deceptive letter.
B
Nora will follow Krogstad’s advice.
C
Krogstad thinks that Nora is foolish.
D
Nora is considering killing herself.

Explanation

Krogstad asks whether Nora had considered “something worse” than running away, and she admits she had. He says he also thought of it but “hadn't the courage,” and Nora replies, “No more had I.” This strongly suggests that Nora has considered killing herself, so choice D is correct.

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