Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

Question 1

If she says she’s not pregnant, she’s not

Answer 1

Hedda: “I’m exactly as I was when I left.”

Question 2

Hedda does not have a green thumb

Answer 2

Hedda: What is it, this-this curse-that everything I touch turns ridiculous and vile?

Question 3

Hedda cares

Answer 3

Hedda: “Nobody behaves that way around here.”

Question 4

Hedda’s lonely without her country club friends

Answer 4

Hedda: “To go for a whole six months without meeting a soul who knew the least bit
about our circle.”

Question 5

Hedda can’t help it

Answer 5

Hedda: “These things come over me … And I can’t hold back.”

Question 6

Hedda hates flowers

Answer 6

Hedda: “Ugh - all the rooms seem to smell of lavender and dried roses.”

Question 7

Hedda’s thoughts on her marriage

Answer 7

Hedda: “It’s like a corsage - the day after the dance.”

Question 8

Hedda wants to experience that which is forbidden

Answer 8

Hedda: “That she’d like some glimpse of a world that … she’s forbidden to know anything about.”

Question 9

Hedda’s a coward

Answer 9

Lovborg: “You’re a coward at heart.”

Question 10

Hedda wants control

Answer 10

Hedda: “For once in my life, I want to have power over a human being.”

Question 11

Hedda and Thea, who’s richer

Answer 11

Hedda: “If you only could understand how poor I am. And you’re allowed to be so rich!”

Question 12

Hedda loves vine leaves

Answer 12

Hedda: “Were there vine leaves in his hair?”

Question 13

Hedda burnt it

Answer 13

Hedda: “Now I’m burning - I’m burning the child.”

Question 14

Hedda’s Brack’s

Answer 14

Hedda: “Tied to your will and desire.”

Question 15

Hedda’s talent

Answer 15

Hedda: “Boring myself to death.”