Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.Rank: The bigger a thing it is the better. I can't conceive what it is you mean. Do tell me. Haven't I your confidence?Nora: More than anyone else. I know you are my truest and best friend, and so I will tell you what it is. Well, Doctor Rank, it is something you must help me to prevent. You know how devotedly, how inexpressibly deeply Torvald loves me; he would never for a moment hesitate to give his life for me.Rank: [leaning towards her] Nora—do you think he is the only one—?Nora: [with a slight start] The only one—?Rank: The only one who would gladly give his life for your sake.Nora: [sadly] Is that it?Rank: I was determined you should know it before I went away, and there will never be a better opportunity than this. Now you know it, Nora. And now you know, too, that you can trust me as you would trust no one else.Nora: [rises, deliberately and quietly] Let me pass.
Answer
A
Nora realizes that she can no longer ask Doctor Rank for help because he is in love with her.
B
Nora realizes that she can trust only Doctor Rank because he has confessed his love for her.
C
Doctor Rank is willing to risk his life for Nora because he wants to compete with Helmer.
D
Doctor Rank has confessed his love because he thinks that doing so will help her with her problem.