1. the words that best describe both tom and amanda are
insecure and powerless
forceful and scheming
delicate and timid
sweet and agreeable
2. what would amanda say motivates her nagging behavior toward her children?
her deeply held religious beliefs
her false memories of childhood
her illusions about who they are
her maternal love
3. why does amanda pretend that laura has made the dinner when jim visits?
amanda really believes laura made the dinner.
amanda knows jim is engaged to betty.
amanda is shy with the young jim o'connor.
amanda wants to make laura seem appealing as a future wife.
4. how does tom feel about his sister?
disrespectful
unrealistic
resentful
loving
5. when jim and laura are alone, what effect does he have on her?
she becomes even more withdrawn.
she is able to talk easily with him.
she decides to get married.
she comes to resent her mother.
6. when amanda hears about jim's engagement, what does she think?
that jim is selfish and rude to have kept the secret
that laura can still win jim away from betty
that laura's disability drove jim away
that her son had already learned of jim's plans to marry
7. when amanda refuses to let tom call laura "crippled," she reveals her
desire to spare her daughter's feelings
intent to think reasonably
inability to deal with her real life
reliance on memories of the past
8. for whom is the glass unicorn a symbol in the play?
the nagging mother
the gentleman caller
the absent father
the shy daughter
9. which word best describes the overall tone of the play?
reason
hopelessness
anger
passion

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Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

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