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A Doll's House, Part 2: Suspense and Irony

Question 2 • OH-English Language Arts 10 B

Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.Mrs. Linde: Listen to me, Nora. You are still very like a child in many things, and I am older than you in many ways and have a little more experience. Let me tell you this—you ought to make an end of it with Doctor Rank.Nora: What ought I to make an end of?Mrs. Linde: Of two things, I think. Yesterday you talked some nonsense about a rich admirer who was to leave you money—Nora: An admirer who doesn't exist, unfortunately! But what then?Mrs. Linde: Is Doctor Rank a man of means?Nora: Yes, he is.Mrs. Linde: And has no one to provide for?Nora: No, no one; but—Mrs. Linde: And comes here everyday?Nora: Yes, I told you so.Mrs. Linde: But how can this well-bred man be so tactless?Nora: I don't understand you at all.Mrs. Linde: Don't prevaricate, Nora. Do you suppose I don't guess who lent you the two hundred and fifty pounds?

Answer
A
The audience knows that Nora and Doctor Rank are having an affair, but Nora denies it.
B
The audience knows that Mrs. Linde is jealous of Nora, but Nora does not know this.
C
The audience knows that Krogstad loaned Nora money, but Mrs. Linde does not know this.
D
The audience knows that Doctor Rank loaned Nora money, but Nora denies this.
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