A Doll’s House, Part 1: Dramatic Structure and Characterization

Question 1

How does the conflict between Nora, Krogstad, and Torvald affect the plot?

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C: It will have a major impact because it hints at future conflicts between Nora and her husband.

Question 2

Characters and conflicts are introduced .

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A: early in the play

Question 3

How does the interaction between Krogstad and Nora create suspense?

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C: It causes the audience to become anxious about what Krogstad intends to do with the evidence he presents to Nora.

Question 4

Which statement is the best explanation of the dramatic irony in this passage?

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B: The audience knows that Nora has lied and that therefore Helmer’s complaint about liars is contradictory to his actual situation.

Question 5

Tension builds through a series of .

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B: conflicts

Question 6

The key to suspense is to resolve the conflict .

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C: near the end of the play

A Doll’s House, Part 1: Dramatic Structure and Characterization Answers