A Doll’s House, Part 1: Dramatic Structure and Characterization
Question 5 of 10 • APSB 2023 English 2
Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Krogstad: I had left the date blank; that is to say, your father should himself have inserted the date on which he signed the paper. Do you remember that?Nora: Yes, I think I remember—Krogstad: Then I gave you the bond to send by post to your father. Is that not so?Nora: Yes.Krogstad: And you naturally did so at once, because five or six days afterwards you brought me the bond with your father's signature. And then I gave you the money.Nora: Well, haven't I been paying it off regularly?Krogstad: Fairly so, yes. But—to come back to the matter in hand—that must have been a very trying time for you, Mrs. Helmer?Nora: It was, indeed.Krogstad: Your father was very ill, wasn't he?Nora: He was very near his end.Krogstad: And died soon afterwards?Nora: Yes.Krogstad: Tell me, Mrs. Helmer, can you by any chance remember what day your father died? —on what day of the month, I mean.Nora: Papa died on the 29th of September.Krogstad: That is correct; I have ascertained it for myself. And, as that is so, there is a discrepancy [taking a paper from his pocket] which I cannot account for.Nora: What discrepancy? I don't know—Krogstad: The discrepancy consists, Mrs. Helmer, in the fact that your father signed this bond three days after his death.
Answer
A
The author highlights a woman’s role to financially help her husband.
B
The author highlights a woman’s use of blackmail to obtain her husband’s money.
C
The author highlights a woman’s inability to borrow money without a man’s signature.
D
The author highlights the fact that crime is more widespread among women than men.