A Doll's House, Part 2: Suspense and Irony — Unit test
Question 7 • LHS English 10
Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.Nora: How should you understand it? A wonderful thing is going to happen!Mrs. Linde: A wonderful thing?Nora: Yes, a wonderful thing! But it is so terrible, Christine; it mustn't happen, not for all the world.Mrs. Linde: I will go at once and see Krogstad.Nora: Don't go to him; he will do you some harm.Mrs. Linde: There was a time when he would gladly do anything for my sake.Nora: He?Mrs. Linde: Where does he live?
Answer
A
Nora tries to convince Mrs. Linde not to go to Krogstad.
B
Mrs. Linde does not understand Nora's reasoning.
C
Mrs. Linde says that Krogstad would have done anything for her.
D
Nora says that the wonderful and terrible thing must not happen.
Explanation
Mrs. Linde says, “There was a time when he would gladly do anything for my sake.” This directly means Krogstad would once have done anything for her. Although Nora also warns Mrs. Linde not to go to him, choice C states Mrs. Linde’s words most precisely.
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