A Doll’s House, Part 3: Theme and Society — Unit test
Question 12 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 10
Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll's House.Helmer: How unreasonable and how ungrateful you are, Nora! Have you not been happy here?Nora: No, I have never been happy. I thought I was, but it has never really been so.Helmer: Not—not happy!Nora: No, only merry. And you have always been so kind to me. But our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was papa's doll-child; and here the children have been my dolls. I thought it great fun when you played with me, just as they thought it great fun when I played with them. That is what our marriage has been, Torvald.
Answer
A
Helmer is going to change how he treats Nora.
B
Helmer is going to leave Nora and the children.
C
Nora is going to leave Helmer and the children.
D
Nora is going to tell Helmer to treat her better.
Explanation
Nora recognizes that her marriage has treated her like a doll rather than an equal, just as her father did when she was a child. This realization leads her to leave Helmer and the children so she can understand herself and live independently. The choice that says Nora is going to leave Helmer and the children is correct.
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