Question 14 • CMS 2026-2027 English II CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House. Nora: [putting her arms round her neck] Dear old Anne, you were a good mother to me when I was little. Nurse: Little Nora, poor dear, had no other mother but me. Nora: And if my little ones had no other mother, I am sure you would—What nonsense I am talking! [Opens the box.] Go in to them. Now I must—. You will see tomorrow how charming I shall look. How does Ibsen use dramatic irony to create the suspense in this passage?
Answer
A
Nora does not know if she will leave her children, but the audience knows that she will.
B
The nurse does not know that Nora will leave her children, but the audience does.
C
Nora does not know that the nurse was her only mother, but the audience does.
D
The nurse does not understand how important she is to Nora, but Nora does.