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Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.

      

Nora:Oh, yes, that one; but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn’t know about it.

Rank:Oho! Then that was the great secret.

Nora:Of course. Just go in to him; he is sitting in the inner room. Keep him as long as-

Rank:Make your mind easy; I won’t let him escape. (Goes into the HELMER’S room)

Nora:(to the MAID)And he is standing waiting in the kitchen?

Maid:Yes; he came up the back stairs.

Nora:But didn’t you tell him no one was in?

Maid:Yes, but it was no good.

Nora:He won’t go away?

Maid:No; he says he won’t until he has seen you, ma’am.

Nora: Well, let him come in-but quietly. Helen, you mustn’t say anything about it to anyone. It is a surprise to my husband.

Maid: Yes, ma’am, I quite understand. (Exit.)

Nora: This dreadful thing is going to happen! It will happen in spite of me! No, no, no, it can’t happen-it shan’t happen!

Questions.

1. Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4 marks)

2. What does 'it' refer to and what does it reveal about the character of Nora? (3 marks)

3. Identify and explain one type of irony in this excerpt. (2 marks)

4. Who is being referred to as he and why has he come? (3 marks)

5. Torvald mustn’t know about it. Add a question tag (1 mark)

6. Describe one theme raised in this extract. (2 marks)

7. What dreadful thing does Nora fear might happen? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

8. Describe the character of the maid (2 marks)

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

i) Make your mind easy

ii) I won’t let him escape.

iii) It was no good

iv) Dreadful

  

Answers


Martin
1.Before the extract, Nora has just told Dr Rank that being with Tovald is like being with papa. The maid enters from the hall and give Nora a card. Dr Rank asks him whether there is anything wrong . She says it is about a new dress. After the extract, Nora bolts the door of Helmer’s room. The maid opens the hall door for Krogstad and shuts it after him. (4 marks)

2. It refers to the dress for attending the stensborg dance with. She is cheating Dr. Rank because in real sense, she has received a card. This exposes her insincere character. (3 marks)

3.Dramatic irony. The readers know that she has received a card from the maid but Krogstad does not know it. (2 marks)

4. It is Krogstad. He has received his dismissal letter from Mr. Helmer. He wants the matter to be arranged between them so that nobody would know about it. (3 marks)

5. ,must you? (1 mark)
6.Secrets. Nora is a secretive person. She does not want her husband to know that Krogstad is in the house. Helen, you mustn’t say anything about it to anyone. It is a surprise to my husband.
(2 marks)
7. Nora believes that her husband will bear the guilt of her forgery once it is discovered. She does not want him to do that when she is alive. Therefore, she plans to kill herself rather than be alive when that happens. (4 marks)

8. Respectful. She addresses or responds to Nora using the word “ma’am. (2 marks)

9.i) Relax

ii) I will keep him in the room

iii) it was useless

iv) terrible/ very bad thing (4 marks)



marto answered the question on April 16, 2019 at 06:10


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