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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.

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Sample extract 1

Nora:I didn’t find it dull.

Helmer:(smilling)But there was precious little result, Nora.

Nora: Oh, you shouldn’t tease me about that again. How could I help the cat’s going in and tearing everything to pieces?

Helmer:Of course you couldn’t, poor little girl. You had the best of intentions to please us all, and that’s the main thing. But it is a good thing that our hard times are over.

Nora:Yes, it is really wonderful.

Helmer: This time I needn’t sit here and be dull all alone, and you needn’t ruin your dear eyes and your pretty little hands-

Nora: (clapping her hands) No, Tovald, I needn’t any longer, need I! It’s wonderfully lovely to hear you say so! (taking his arm) Now I will tell you how I have been thinking we ought to arrange things, Torvald. As soon as Christmas is over-(A bell rings in the hall.) There’s the bell. (She tidies the room a little.) There’s someone at the door. What a nuisance!
Helmer: If it is a caller, remember I am not at home.

Maid: (in the doorway) A lady to see you, ma’am,--a stranger.

Nora: Ask her to come in.

Maid: (to Helmer)The doctor came at the same time, sir.

Helmer: Did he go straight into my room?

Maid: Yes, sir.

Questions

1. What does Nora refer to in her opening words in this extract? (2 marks)

2. What has happened that has made the couple happy? (2 marks)

3. Discuss two themes evident in this extract. (4 marks)

4. “There’s someone at the door.” Add a question tag (1 mark)

5. A lady has come to see Nora as reported by the maid. Who is this lady and how does her coming affect the Helmers from the rest of the play. Write your answer in note form. (6 marks)

6. Discuss one aspect of style in this extract. (2 marks)

7. Briefly explain what happens after this extract. (4 marks)

8 Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt. (4 marks)

i) Tease

ii) Dull

iii) Nuisance

iv) A caller

Answers

Martin
1.She refers to the previous Christmas when she spent every evening for three full weeks making ornaments for the Christmas tree. Her husband says it was the dullest three weeks he had spent.(2 marks)

2.The couple is happy that Mr. Helmer has been to the level of a bank manager. They are happy that the position will ease their financial burden and they will have a lot of money to spend.(2 marks)

3.Parental responsibility/the role of women in the society. Nora is committed to please her family. Krogstad says, 'You had the best of intentions to please us all'
Falsehood-Mr Helmer tells Nora to say he is not at home if it’s a visitor. (4 marks)

4. ,isn’t there? (1 mark)

5. -The lady is Mrs. Linde.
-She is Nora’s school days times.
-She asks Nora talk to her husband to give her job because of his title.
-She gets the job which is to make Krogstad lose his job.
- Krogstad writes a letter exposing Nora’s forgery to prevent Helmer from sacking him.
-Mrs Linde speaks to Krogstad on her behalf and Krogstad withdraws his revenge plans.
-The Helmers reputation is protected although their marriage finally breaks. (6 marks)

6.Flashback.
How could I help the cat’s going in and tearing everything to pieces?” This refers to the previous Christmas (2 marks)

7. Helmer goes into his room while the maid ushers in Mrs. Linde. Mrslinde greets Nora in a dejected voice but Nora does not seem to recognize her. Later she remembers her as christen and observes that Christine has changed greatly. She agrees she has changed because they last met nine or ten years back.
(4 marks)
8 i) Provoke

ii) Boring/uninteresting

iii) Bother, an inconvenience

iv) Visitor


marto answered the question on April 16, 2019 at 06:03

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