Sample and Practice Excerpt Questions With Answers - A Doll's House Study Guide

Excerpt 1

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. 25 marks
HELMER: Naturally you are thinking of your father.
NORA: Yes – yes, of course. Just recall to your mind what these malicious creatures wrote in the papers about papa, and how horribly they slandered him. I believe they would have procured his dismissal if the department had not sent you over to inquire into it, and if you had not been so kindly disposed and helpful to him.
HELMER: My little Nora, there is an important difference between your father and me. Your father’s reputation as a public officer was not above suspicion. Mine is, and I hope it will continue to be so, as long as I hold my office.
NORA: You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. We ought to be so well off, so snug and happy here in our peaceful home, and have no cares – you and I and the children, Torvald! That is what I beg you so earnestly –
HELMER: And if it did?
HELMER: Of course! – if only this obstinate little person can get her way! Do you suppose I am going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let people think that I am a man to be swayed by all sorts of outside influence? I should very soon feel the consequences of it, I can tell you! And besides, there is one thing that makes it quite impossible for me to have Krogstad in the Bank as long as I am a manager.
NORA: Whatever is that?
HELMER: His moral failings I might have perhaps overlooked, if necessary –
NORA: yes, you could – couldn’t you?
HELMER: And I hear he is a good worker, too. But I knew him when we were boys. It was one of those rash friendships that so often prove an incubus in afterlife. I may as well tell you plainly, we were once on very intimate terms with one another. But this tactless fellow lays no restraint on himself when other people are present. On the contrary, he thinks it gives him the right to adopt a familiar tone with me, and every minute it is “I say, Helmer, old fellow!” and that sort of thing. I assure you it is extremely painful for me. He would make my position in the Bank intolerable.
NORA: Torvald, I don’t believe you mean that.
HELMER: Don’t you? Why not?
NORA: Because it is such a narrow-minded way of looking at things.
HELMER: What are you saying? Narrow-minded? Do you think I am narrow-minded?
NORA: No just the opposite, dear – and it is exactly for that reason.
HELMER: It’s the same thing. You say my point of view is narrow-minded, so I must be so too. Narrow-minded! Very well – I must put an end to this. (Goes to the hall door and calls) Helen!

Questions

1. Briefly explain Nora’s fear as revealed in the extract. 3mks 
2. According to the excerpt, why is Helmer reluctant to retain Krogstad as a worker in the Bank?                                                                                                       3mks 
3. Helmer is disingenuous in his dismissal of Nora’s suggestion that Krogstad should be retained in his job. Explain this statement with clear illustrations from the excerpt. 3mks 
4. Contrast the character of Krogstad as revealed in the excerpt. 2mks 
5. Comment on Nora’s character as brought out in in the excerpt. 2mks 
6. Torvald refers to Nora as an ‘obstinate little person.’ What does this reveal about Torvald’s attitude towards Nora as his wife? Cite one example from this excerpt and another one from elsewhere in the play to illustrate your answer. 4mks 
7. Describe the mood created at the end of the excerpt. 2mks 
8. Torvald says, “His moral failings I might have perhaps overlooked, if necessary –.” By whom and how else in the play is Krogstad referred to in a disgraceful manner in the play? 2mks 
9. ‘...an incubus in afterlife.’ What does this phrase mean as used in the excerpt? 1mk 
10. What happens immediately after this excerpt and how does it finally affect their marriage?  3mks 

Answers

1. Nora fears that Krogstad will blackmail√ her family since Krogstad knows that she committed a fraud√ while procuring a loan for her husband’s treatment by forging her father’s signature√. She fears Krogstad will expose her to her husband.
2. Torvald has already made his dismissal known and he fears changing his mind√
   • He says Krogstad has no respect for those in authority√
   • Krogstad will disrespect him due to assumed familiarity√ ‘..he thinks it gives him the right to adopt a familiar tone with me… He would make my position in the bank intolerable.’
   • It is difficult to control Krogstad especially in public ‘But this tactless fellow lays no restraint on himself when other people are present.’
   • He has a tainted past ‘His moral failings…’ (Any 3 points)
3. Krogstad is more preoccupied with what people will say of his change of mind especially if it is seen to have come from his wife√. And he thinks this will make the workers take advantage of him√. He is refusing to reinstate Krogstad because of his past per se√
4. Krogstad comes out as a diligent worker even though he is considered to be morally corrupt, malicious and disrespectful
5. He has a contemptuous/demeaning attitude towards Nora. He is unwilling to listen to any suggestion from her. √1 ‘And it is just by interceding that you make it impossible for me to keep him. √1’ Earlier he sees her as wasteful√, childish√ and dependent√ character
6. The mood is tensed or anxious. Torvald feels that Nora has abused him by calling him narrow-minded. √
7. Rank says that Krogstad suffers from a diseased moral character√
8. Nora is portrayed as:
   • Concerned/caring√
   • Manipulative √
   • Sarcastic √
     Any 1 trait and illustration (1mk identification 1mk illustration)
9. This is a problem that one will cause worry to someone later in life√1
10. After the excerpt
    • Helen takes the dismissal letter to the messenger for delivery to Krogstad√1
    • Nora worries about the repercussions of the letter and pleads for its recall√1
    • Krogstad responds by bringing to Torvald’s attention about the loan Norah took from him. √
    • Torvald gets angry with Norah and tells her to leave the house because she will morally corrupt the children. √
    • He tells her he has lost trust in her√
    • Krogstad recants his earlier letter but Nora insists on walking out of her marriage√

Excerpt 2

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House
Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. 
 
KROGSTAD: Are you sure of that?
MRS. LINDE: Quite sure, but-
KROGSTAD: (with searching look at her) Is that what it all means?-that you want to  save your friend at any cost? Tell me frankly. Is that it?
MRS. LINDE: Nils, a woman who has sold herself for another’s sake doesn’t do it a second time.
KROGSTAD: I will ask for my letter back.
MRS. LINDE: No, no.
KROGSTAD: Yes, of course I will. I will wait here until Helmer comes; I will tell him he must give me my letter back-that it only concerns my dismissal-that he is not to read it-
MRS. LINDE: No, Nils, you must not recall your letter.
KROGSTAD: But, tell me, wasn’t it meant for the very purpose that you asked me to meet you here?
MRS. LINDE: In my first fright, it was. But twenty-four hours have elapsed since then,and in that time I have witnessed incredible things in this house. Helmer must know all about it. This unhappy secret must be disclosed; they must have a complete understanding between them, which is impossible with all this concealment and falsehood going on.
KROGSTAD: Very well, if you will take responsibility. But there is one thing I can do in any case, and shall do it at once.
MRS. LINDE:(listening) You must be quick and go! The dance is over; we are not safe a moment longer.
KROGSTAD: I will wait for you below.
MRS. LINDE: Yes, do. You must see me back to my door-
KROGSTAD: I have never had such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life!

Questions

1. Explain what happens before this excerpt  (4 marks)
2. Why does Krogstad say he would ask for his letter back?(3 marks)
3. “Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for another’s sake doesn’t do it a second time.” Briefly explain what makes Mrs. Linde say this. (3 marks)
4. From the dialogue, whatdo we learn about Mrs. Linde’s character? (4 marks)
5.  “But there is one thing I can do in any case and I shall do it at once.”
   What is it that Krogstad does and how does it affect the rest of the play. (4 marks)
6. “I have never had such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life!”
   (Rewrite beginning: Never……..) (1 mark)
7. What is the ‘good fortune’ Krogstad refers to?  (2 marks)
8. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
   1. At any cost
   2. Recall
   3. Elapsed
   4. Incredible things

Answers

1. krogstad asks Christine if she can have him back after what he did.1mk
   Christine tells him she understands that he did it out of despair.1mk.
   He regrets he cannot undo what he has done.1 mk.
   Mrs.Linde informs him that the letter is still in the box1mk.
2. He does not want Nora’s husband to know the secret of the forgery Nora has kept for so long. 1mk.
   He has reunited with Christine and is very happy. 1mk.
   He does not want to ruin Helmers’ marriage. 1mk.
3. she once sacrificed her love for the sake of her sick mother and two young brothers.1mk.
   she means that she cannot be doing it the second time 1mk because that experience was enough.1mk.
4. 1. selfless-she sacrificed her love for the sake of her mother and siblings.
   2. understanding- she tells krogstad that she understands despair made him do that.
   3. loving- she loves her mother and her two brothers.
      (Any two well illustrated traits 4mks).
5. krogstad writes Nora another letter and returns the bond that had the evidence of forgery 1mk.
   Helmer is very happy and tells Nora he has forgiven her.1mk.
   this comes too late for he had already condemned her. 1mk.
   Nora decides to leave him and the children1mk.
6. Never had I such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life!1mk                        
7. Christine had left him for a richer man who would help her support her sick mother and her two brothers.1mk.
   She has given him another chance for she wants to have somebody to live and work for. 1mk.
   1. No matter what/ despite the danger involved 1mk
   2. ask/ call back 1mk
   3. pass1mk
   4. unbelievable things.1mk

Excerpt 3

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow   (25mks)
A Doll’s House:
Krogstad:       (Controlling himself) Listen to me, Mrs. Helmer. If necessary, I am prepared to fight for my small post in the Bank as if I were fighting for my life.
Nora:              So it seems
Krogstad:       It is not only for the sake of the money; indeed, that weighs least with me in the matter. There is another reason-well, I may we well tell you. My position is this. I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of an indiscretion.
Nora:              I think I have heard something of the kind.
Krogstad:       The matter never came into court; but every way seemed to be closed to me after that. So I took to the business that you know of. I had to do something; and, honestly, I don’t think I’ve been one of the worst. But now I must cut myself free from all that. My sons are growing up; for their sake I must try and win back as much respect as I can in the town. This post in the Bank was like the first step up for me – and now your husband is going to kick me downstairs again into the mud.
Nora:              But you must believe me, Mr. Krogstad; it is not in my power to help you at all.
Krogstad:       Then it is because you haven’t the will; but I have means to compel you.
Nora:              You don’t mean that you will tell my husband that I owe you money?
Krogstad:       Hm! – suppose I were to tell him?
Nora:              I would be perfectly infamous of you. (Sobbing) To think of his learning my secret, which has been my joy and pride, in such an ugly, clumsy way – that he should learn it from you! And it would out me in a horribly disagreeable position-
Krogstad:       Only disagreeable?
Nora:              (Impetuously) well, do it, then! – and it will be the worse for you. My husband will see for himself what a blackguard you are, and you certainly won’t keep your post them.
Krogstad:       I asked you if it was only a disagreeable scene at home that you were afraid of?
Nora:              If my husband does get to know of it, of course he will at once pay you what is still owing, and we shall have nothing more to do with you.
Krogstad:       (Coming a step nearer)Listen to me, MrsHelmwe. Either you have a very bad memory or you know very little of business. I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details.

Questions

1. What happens just before this excerpt? (2mks)
2. Identify and illustrate any two themes evident in the excerpt. (4mks)
3. Using about fifty words, summarise why Krogstad is prepared to fight for the small post in the bank  (5mks)
4. Identify and illustrate any two character traits of; (4mks)
   1. Krogstad
   2. Nora
5. Identify and illustrate any two stylistic devices used in the excerpt. (4mks)
6. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract (2mks)
   1. Compel
   2. Blackguard
7. “I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details”. Which are those details? (4mks)

Answers

1. Krogstad tells Nora that Torvald should be approachable when it comes to his request.
   • Nora threatens to turn Krogstad out of the house.
   • She say she is no longer afraid of Krogstad.
2. Desperation – When Krogstadfights to retain his job at the bank. Nora is equally desperate to continue concealing her secret while Krogstad threatens to divulge everything.
   Deception – To those they interact with, Krogstad and Nora portray a completely different character and conceal their true identities.
3. Points to consider
   • He has been guilty of an indiscretion
   • He was never taken to court but all ways were closed to him after that.
   • He, however, must cut himself free from that.
   • He must win back as much respect as possible for the sake of his sons.
   • The post in the bank is the first step up for him
   • Torvald is threatening to kick him out but he vows to resist.
4. 1. Krogstand: Resilient and adamant – He would not give up his quest to retain his job.
      Firm and decisive - He insists that Nora must plead his case with her husband.
   2. Nora:Fearful of Krogstad revealing her secret to her husband, what she calls a horrible, disagreeable position
      Nora: Defiant: She tells Krogstad that he can go ahead and let out her secret because it will be worse on him.
      Optimistic/hopeful: She says her husband will pay off Krogstad.
5. Simile – Krogstad says he will fight for his. “small post at the bank as if he were fighting for my life”
   Metaphor. “…and now your husband is going to kick me downstairs against into the mud”.
6. Compel –force
   Blackguard – Immoral man
7. – Nora borrowed two hundred and fifty pounds when her husband was ill.
   He gave her conditions which included drawing a bond as security.
   Her father was to sign as security for the amount.
   He left the date blank and the father was t insert it.
   Unfortunately, the date inserted appears to be days after her father’s death that is, 2^nd October yet he died on 29^th

Excerpt 4

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)

Helmer: Miserable creature – what have you done?
Nora: Let me go. You shall not suffer for my sake. You shall not take it upon yourself.
Helmer: No tragic airs, please.(Locks the hall door.) Here you shall stay and give me an explanation. Do you understand what you have done? Answer me! Do you understand what you have done?
Nora: (Looks steadily at him and says with a growing look of coldness in her face) Yes, now I am beginning to understand thoroughly.
Helmer: (walking about the room) What a horrible awakening! All these eight years- she who was my joy and pride- a hypocrite, a liar – worse, worse – a criminal! The unutterable ugliness of it all! – For shame! For shame! (NORA is silent and looks steadily at him. He stops in front of her.) I ought to have suspected that something of the sort would happen. I ought to have foreseen it. All your father’s want of principle – be silent! - all your father’s want of principle has come out in you. No religion, no morality, no sense of duty -. How I am punished for having winked at what he did! I did it for your sake, and this is how you repay me.
Nora: Yes, that’s just it.
Helmer: Now you have destroyed all my happiness. You have ruined all my future. It is horrible to think of! I am in the power of an unscrupulous man; he can do what he likes with me, ask anything he likes of me, give me any orders he please -  I dare not refuse. And I must sink to such miserable depths because of a thoughtless woman!
Nora: When I am out of the way, you will be free.

1. Explain what has happened immediately before this excerpt.                                   (4marks)
2. What does Nora mean by saying, “You shall not suffer for my sake.”? Explain.       (3 marks)
3. How is Helmer’s attitude towards Nora in this extract different from earlier in the book? Explain.   (3 marks)
4. What thematic concern is addressed in this excerpt?                                 (2 marks)
5. “I am in the power of an unscrupulous man; he can do what he likes with me, ask anything he likes of me, give me any orders he pleases - I dare not refuse.” Who is Helmer talking about and why does he make such comments about the person?                                                                                       (2 marks)
6. Discuss any style evident in the excerpt.                 (2 marks
7. Identify and illustrate the prevalent mood in the excerpt. (2marks)                                         
8. “Here you shall stay and give me an explanation.” Rewrite beginning: You….                 (1 mark)
9. “When I am out of the way, you will be free.” Give two meanings of Nora’s words from the rest of the play.    (2 marks)                                                        
10. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the extract.             (4marks)
    1. Take it upon yourself
    2. No tragic airs
    3. Your father’s want of principle
    4. Unscrupulous man

Answers

1. - Nora and Torvald bid each other goodnight as Helmer kisses Nora on the forehead
   -Torvald takes his letters and goes into his room and shuts the door.
   -Nora gropes around as she touches Helmer’s domino/mask and then her shawl and says that  she will never see her husband and children agai
   -Helmer opens his door just when Nora is about to rush out and questions her about the content in the letter he is holding.
2. - Nora’s forgery would affect Helmer’s career and his position if it is thought that they worked
   -Nora wants to run away to save Helmer the scandal and any form of suffering.
3. Earlier on, Helmer had a loving attitude as he used to call her sweet/pet names but now has a hostile/ contemptuous/despising/ hateful attitude since he has known the secret of Nora’s loan and  
4. Deception/ hypocrisy- Nora had kept a secret from her husband for eight years.
   Family/ marriage conflict-Helmer and Nora are at logger heads because of Nora’s forgery.
5. Helmer is talking about Nils Krogstad. Being in possession of the forged bond, Krogstad can make it public thereby tarnishing Helmer’s name or he can use it to blackmail Helmer in order for    him to get his way.
6. Hyperbole- Now you have destroyed all my happiness. You have ruined all my future.
   Flashback- Helmer talks about Nora’s father who before his death had no morals.
7. Tense mood- The secret that Nora kept from Helmer is out and Helmer is angered by it. Their marriage is at the verge of breaking.
8. You shall stay here and give me an explanation.
9. - Nora thought of taking her own life/killing herself to get out of the sticky situation.
   -Later she decides to run away so as to save Helmer from the scandal.
10. - make it your responsibility
    -No sadness/ suffering
    -The father was not a man of his words
    -Immoral man

Excerpt 5

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)
   1. Tease
   2. Dull
   3. Nuisance
   4. A caller 

Answers

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.  
   1. Provoke
   2. Boring/uninteresting
   3. Bother, an inconvinience
   4. Visitor (4 marks)

Excerpt 6

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.                      (25 marks)
Krogstad:  Are you aware that is a dangerous confession?
Nora:   In what way? You shall have your money soon.
Krogstad:  Let me ask you a question: Why did you not send the paper to your father?
Nora:It was impossible: papa was so ill. If I had asked him for his signature, I should have had to tell him what the money was to be used for: and when he was so ill himself, I couldn’t tell him that my husband’s life was in danger – it was impossible.
Krogstad:       It would have been better for you if you had given up your trip abroad.
Nora:              No, that was impossible. That trip was to save my husband’s life. I couldn’t give that up.
Krogstad:       But did it never occur to you that you were committing a fraud on me?
Nora:              I couldn’t take that into account: I didn’t trouble myself about you at all. I couldn’t bear you, because you put so many heartless difficulties in my way, although you knew what a dangerous condition my husband was in.
Krogstad :      Mrs. Helmer, you evidently do not realise clearly what it is that you have been guilty of. But I can assure you that my one false step, which lost me all my reputation, was nothing more or nothing worse than what you have done.
Nora:              You? Do you ask me to believe that you were brace enough to run a risk to save your wife’s life?
Krogstad:       Foolish or not, it is the law by which you will be judged, if I produce this paper in court.
Nora:              I don’t believe it. Is a daughter not to be allowed to spare her dying father anxiety and care? Is a wife not to be allowed to save her husband’s life? I dont know much about law: but I am certain that there must be laws permitting such things as that. Have you no knowledge of such laws – you who are a lawyer? You must be very poor Mr Krogstad.
Krogstad:       Maybe. But matters of business – such business as you and I have had together – do you think I don’t understand that? Very well. Do as you please. But let me tell you this – if I lose my position a second time, you shall lose yours with me. (He bows and goes out through the hall) Nora (appears buried in thought for a short time, then tosses her head) Nonsense! Trying to frighten me like that! – I am not so silly as he thinks. (begins to busy herself putting the children’s things in order) And yet-? No it’s impossible! I did it for love’s sake.

Questions:

1. Briefly describe the dangerous confession Nora admits to in the onset of the excerpt.          (3 marks)
2. Explain why Nora did not send the paper to her father for signing. (3 marks)
3. Explain two themes evident in the excerpt above.             (4 marks)
4. Contrast Krogstad’s and Nora’s views on the law                                     (2 marks)
5. How is Krogstad portrayed in the excerpt                                                             (2 marks)
6. The law cares nothing about motives. (Add a question tag)                        (1 mark)
7. Krogstad informs Nora that “one false step, lost him all reputation.” Briefly explain how.                                                                                                                               (2 marks)
8. “……….If I lose my position a second time, you shall lose yours with me.” From elsewhere in the play, show the truth of this statement             (2 marks)
9. What is the general tone in this excerpt? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
10. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (2 marks)
    1. defiantly
    2. false step

Answers

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.  (20 marks)

1. Nora admits that she had forged the father’s signature. Her father had died n the 29^th September but the signature on the other hand was dated 3^rd She is the one who also wrote her father’s name on the blank space that had been left by Krogstad.   (3 marks)
2. The father was bed-ridden as he was seriously ill. She was also bound to tell her father what the money was for – that her husband’s life was in danger. This would have caused a lot of worry and anxiety on the side of the father  (3 marks)
3. There is the theme of love: “I did it for love’s sake.”
   Selflessness- she does everything to ensure that her husband gets well even if it means that she has to break the law.
   Blackmail – he knows he has the paper that Nora had signed and he is willing to testify against her that she has been involved in fraud.  (4 marks)
4. Nora believes that the intention (motive/rationale) of the crime committed should be looked into during judgement; “… but I am certain that there must be laws permitting such things as that,”: as opposed to Krogstad who believes that the letter must be followed the way it is, as a crime is a crime despite the circumstances surrounding it; “… it is the law by which you will be judged”.  (2 marks)
5. Krogstad is manipulative – ‘But I can assure you that one false step, which lost all my reputation, was nothing more or nothing worse than what you have done.’
   Inconsiderate/insensitive/callous/inhumane – he stubbornly refuses to see the motive of Nora’s crime; that her husband was unwell and the only thing she could was to forge the bed-ridden father’s signature.
   Rigid – he sticks to the laws as his basis for argument not any other consideration.  (2 marks)
6. The law cares nothing about motives, doesn’t it?  (1 mark)
7. Krogstad had also been guilty of forgery years earlier and when he was found out to have committee fraud, he lost respect from everyone in the town. Torvald also wants to sack him as a result of his tainted past.(2 marks)
8. When Torvald comes to realize that Nora had committed forgery, he loses trust and respect for the wife. This Torvald learns courtesy of the letter that Krogstad drops in the letterbox and fails to retrieve it in time. Nora opts out of her marriage after this incident despite the pardon from Krogstad; she loses her family.                                                       (2 marks)
9. The tone is defiant especially from Nora.
10. Meaning of words and phrases:
    1. defiantly – stubbornly / refusing openly to obey.
    2. false step - wrong move   (2 marks)

Excerpt 7

Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)

Nora:  It’s a shame to say that. I do really save all I can.
Helmer:(laughing)That’s very true, - all you can. But you can’t save anything!
Nora:  (smiling quietly and happily)You haven’t any idea how many expenses we skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.
Helmer: You are an odd little soul. Very like your father. You always find some new way of wheedling money out of me, and as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in your hands. You never know where it has gone. Still, one must take you as you are. It is in the blood: for indeed it is true that you can inherit these things, Nora.
Nora: Ah, I wish I had inherited many of papa’s qualities.
Helmer:And I would not wish you to be anything but just what you are, my little skylark. But do you know, it strikes me that you are looking-rather—what shall I say- rather uneasy today?
Nora: Do I?
Helmer: You do, really. Look straight at me.
Nora : ( looks at him) well?
Helmer: (wagging his finger at her) Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?
Nora:  No; what makes you think that?
Helmer: Hasn’t she paid a visit to the confectioner’s?
Nora:  No, I assure you, Torvald-
Helmer: Not been nibbling sweets?
Nora:  No, certainly not.
Helmer: Not even take a bite at a macaroon or two?
Nora: (going to the table on the right) I shouldn’t think of going against your wishes.
Helmer: No, I am sure of that: besides, you gave me your word- (Going up to her) Keep your little Christmas secrets to yourself, my darling. They will be revealed tonight when the Christmas tree is lit, no doubt.
Nora: Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?
Helmer: No. But there is no need; as a matter of course, he will come to dinner with us. However, I will ask him when he comes this morning. I have ordered some good wine. Nora, you can’t think how I am looking forward to this evening.
Nora: So am I! And how the children will enjoy themselves, Torvald!
Helmer: It is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly safe appointment, and a big enough income. It is delightful to think of, isn’t it?
Nora: It’s wonderful!

1. Place this extract in its immediate context. (4 marks)
2. Explain the dramatic irony in this extract. (3marks)
3. Helmer says here, “it is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly safe appointment”. What is he referring to? (1 mark)
4. What issues on money and gender emerge in this extract? (4 marks)
5. Identify and illustrate any two ways the playwright has used language to achieve foregrounding in this extract. (4 marks)
6. What do we learn about the character of Nora in this extract? (4 marks)
7. Imagine you are directing this play. Which quality would you look for in an actor to play the role of Torvald? (2marks)
8. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the extract? (3 marks)
   1. Wheedling money out of me
   2. Confectioner’s
   3. You gave me your word

Answers

1. Before the extract;
   Nora has spent all the money she was given for shopping.
   Her husband Helmer considers her a spendthrift.
   However, he promises to add her more money.
   Nora requests to be given a chance to buy what she needs most.
   
   After the extract;
   Helmer reminds Nora of how she overworked herself prior to the past Christmas to have a homemade Christmas tree.
   Nora however says she didn’t find it dull/boring.
   Helmer praises her of her good intentions.
2. The dramatic irony in the extract is in Nora’s denial, that she hasn’t been at the confectioner’s, yet she is hiding macaroons in her pocket; something we the audience know of but Helmer isn’t aware of.
3. The high job security resulting from the promotion she has gotten.
4. Issues on money and gender:
   • That women can’t save money because they are spendthrifts
   • That women have very many expenses unknown to men/their husbands.
   • That women are subordinate to men and must do everything not to offend them including obeying their orders.
   • That women can only but be compared to children hence the terms skylarks, squirrels, little soul etc.
5. -The names by which Helmer refers to his wife foregrounds Patriarchy in the society; the belittled position of women in the society hence the terms such as skylark, squirrel, little soul.
   -Helmer also uses language that foregrounds women as poor financial managers and spendthrifts. He refers to Nora as Miss Sweet Tooth and complains of Nora wheedling money out of him, visiting the confectioner’s and nibbling sweets.
6. Nora is:
   -Insincere-She denies nibbling sweets and being at confectioner’s yet she is hiding macaroons in her pocket.
   -Convincing- She always finds a way of wheedling money out of her husband.
   N/B: Award any other well illustrated trait. 1 mk id. & 1 mk ill. For 2 traits = 4 mks
7.  Torvald must be:
   1. Observant – He keenly observes the behavior exhibited by Nora and suspects she has macaroons.
   2. Domineering- Torvald wants to control Nora without considering her feelings. He even sarcastically says this when Nora claims she saves all she can: “That’s very true,- all you can. But you can’t save anything!”
      N/B: Award any other well illustrated point: 2mks x 1 point= 2 mks.

Excerpt  8

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
Mrs. Linde: Listen to me Nora you are still very like a child in many things, and I am older than you in many ways and have a little more experience. Let me tell you this-you ought to make an   end of it with Doctor Rank.
Nora : What ought I to make an end to?
Mrs. Linde: Of two things I think. Yesterday you talked some nonsense about a rich admirer who was to leave you money-            
Nora          : An admirer who doesn’t exist, unfortunately! But what then?
Mrs. Linde: Is Doctor Rank a man of means?
Mrs. Linde: And comes here every day?
Nora         : Yes, I told you so.
Mrs. Linde: But how can this well-bred man be so tactless?
Nora : I don’t understand you at all.
Mrs. Linde:Don’t prevaricate, Nora.do you suppose I don’t guess who lent you the two hundred and fifty pounds?
Nora            :Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing? A friend of ours, who comes hereevery day! Do you realize what a horribly painful position that would be?
Mrs. Linde: Then it really isn’t he?
Nora : No, certainly not. It would never have entered into my head for a moment. Besides, he had no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.Mrs. Linde: Well I think that was lucky for you, my dear Nora.
Nora           :No, it would never have come into my head to ask Doctor Rank. Although I am quite sure if I had asked him-
Mrs. Linde: But of course you won’t.
Nora           : Of course not. I have no reason to think it could possibly be necessary. But I am quite sure that if I told Doctor Rank-
Mrs. Linde: Behind your husband’s back?
Nora          : I must make an end of it with the other one, and that will be behind his back too, I must make an end of it with him.
Mrs. Linde: Yes, that is what I told you yesterday, but-
Nora         : ( walking up and down) a man can put a thing like that straight much easier than a woman.
Mrs. Linde: One’s husband , yes.
Nora       : Nonsense!( standing still) When you pay off a debt you get your bond back, don’t you?
Mrs. Linde:Yes, as a matter of course.
Nora          : And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces and burn it up- the nasty dirty paper.
Mrs. Linde:(looks hard at her, lays down her sewing and gets up slowly.) Nora you are concealing something from me.
Nora         : Do I look as if I were?
Mrs. Linde: Something has happened to you since yesterday morning. Nora, what is it?

Questions

1. Briefly explain what happens before the events in this extract. (4marks)
2. Explain why Mrs. Linde says “…I am older than you in many ways and have a little more experience? ( 3 marks)
3. From the dialogue, what do we learn about Nora’s character? ( 4 marks)
4. What is Mrs. Lindes’ view about Doctor Rank and Nora’s relationship? ( 2 marks)
5. Identify and explain the use of hyperbole in this excerpt. ( 2 marks)
6. What does Mrs. Linde thinks Nora is concealing from her? Is Mrs. Lindes right? ( 3 marks)
7. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract. (3 marks)
   1. A man of means
   2. Prevaricate
   3. nasty
8. Describe what happens immediately after the events presented in this extract (4 marks )

Answers

1. Mrs. Linde has just visited Nora. 1/ Mrs linde has just started sewing Nora’s dress. 1/ Nora informs Mrs, Linde that Dr. Rank suffers from consumption of the Spine 1/ Nora tells Mrs. Linde that Dr. Rank is Torvalds’s most intimate friend/ 1 Nora intimates to Mrs. Linde that Dr. Rank is so absurdly fond of her .( Nora) 1 (Maximum 4 marks)
2. Because Nora seems to be c lose to Dr. Rank . and Mrs. Linde thinks Nora is naïve .. Mrs. Linde has experience in such kind of relationship. . She cares for Nora ..
3. Secretive .… she has never told her husband Torvald that she borrowed money. .
   Deceitful/ dishonest .…Mrs. Linde says Nora seems to be concealing something from her ..
   Manipulative. ..- She manipulates Mrs. Linde to repair her dress.
   Firm/ principled- she did not borrow money from Dr. Rank although she say if she did, he would    have definitely lent her. .
   Temperamental .… Nora says she can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces and burn it up- the nasty dirty paper. .
4. They should stop talking too much to each other because Dr. Rank is probably interested in Nora.
5. And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces and burn it up- the nasty dirty paper; Nora cannot possibly do this. . 1 It means she is very annoyed. . 1
6. Nora request Mrs. Linde to and play with the children ./ She tell Mrs. Linde Anne will help in dressmaking ./ Torvald comes in the room ../Torvald enquires whether that was the dressmaker ./ Nora requests Torvald not to dismiss Krogstad .
7.  
   1. a rich man/ wealthy .
   2. beat about the bush/ sidestep/dodge/equivocate .
   3. Hiding/ withholding .

Excerpt 9

Nora: (jumping up and going to him) oh, dear, nice Doctor Rank, I never meant that at all. But surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little like being with Papa –
(enter MAID from the hall)
Maid: if you please, ma’am. (Whispers and hands her a card)
Nora: (glancing at the card) oh! (Puts it into her pocket)
Rank: is there anything wrong?
Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something – it is my new dress –
Rank: what? Your dress is lying there.
Nora: Oh, yes, that one: but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn’t know about it –
Rank: Oho! Then 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 our mind easy; I won’t let him escape (goes into 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 for 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 (3 mks)
2. Indentify and illustrate the character trait of the following characters (4 mks)
   1. Rank
   2. Nora
3. Who is in the kitchen and why has he come? (3mks)
4. Identify and illustrate the dominant theme in the excerpt. (2mks)
5. “……… being with Torvald is a little like being with papa” what does Nora mean by this statement?                                                                                           (2mks)
6. Explain an incidence of dramatic irony from the excerpt. (2mks)
7. Why is Nora quick to usher Dr. Rank out of the room? (2 mks)
8. “This dreadful thing is going to happen. “Rewrite in reported speech. (1mk)
9. Explain the dreadful thing that Nora fears might happen? (2 mks)
10. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt. (3 mks)
    1. Make your mind easy –
    2. I won’t let him escape –
    3. It was no good –
    4. Dreadful -

Answers

1. Before
   - Dr Rank tells Nova that he has always felt love for her
   - Nora tells him that she only thinks of him as a close family companion and not a lover.
   After
   -The maid opens the door for Krogstad to come in
   -Krogstad has just received his dismissal letter from the bank
   -He comes to enquire why Nora did not prevent his dismissal.
2.  
   1. RANK
      Keen / observant (1mk) he quickly notices Nora’s behaviour change once she receives the card from the maid and enquires what is wrong with her.(1mk)
      Loyal/concerned (1mk) he promises to keep Helmer company for as long as Nora wishes.
   2. NORA
      Secretive (1 mk) - she lies about the card to Dr. rank
      - She lies about Krogstad to the maid
3. it is Krogstad (1mk)
   He has received his dismissal from the bank (1mk)
   He wants to enquire from Nora why she couldn’t prevent his dismissal.
4. Deception: Nora doest want Dr. Rank to know about Krogstad’s visit, she also lies to the maid that they’re planning a surprise for Helmer when Krogstad visits.
5. That both Helmer and her father were domineering/ patronizing eg she was never free to express herself both at her father’s place and at Helmer’s place.
6. The readers knows that Nora has received a card from the maid but Dr. Rank doesn’t know about the card.
7. because she wants some time alone with Krogstad/ whatever she wants to discuss with Krogstad is secretive. / she doesn’t want Dr. Rank to know of Krogstad’s presence.
8. Nora said that that dreadful thing was going to happen.
   That her husband will discover of her crime of forgery from Krogstad.
9.  
   1. Relax
   2. It will keep him busy
   3. It was useless
   4. Terrible/ very bad

Excerpt 10

Nora: But it was absolutely necessary that he should not know! My goodness cant you Understand that? It was necessary he should have no idea what a dangerous condition he Was in. It was to me that the doctors came and said that his life was in danger, and that the only thing to save him was to live in the south. Do you suppose I didn’t try, first of all, to get what I wanted as if it were for myself? I told him how much I should love to travel abroad like other young wives; I tried tears and entreaties with him; I told him that he ought to remember the condition I was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me ; I even hinted that he might raise a loan. That nearly made him angry , Christine. He said I was thoughtless, and that it was his duty as my husband not to indulge me in my whims and caprices- as I believe he called them. Verywell, I thought you must be saved-and that was how I came to devise a way out of difficulty-
Mrs. Linde: And did your husband never get to know from your father that the money had come from him?
Nora: No, never. Papa died just at that time. I had meant to let him into the secret and beg him never to reveal it. But he was so ill then –alas, there was never was any need to tell him. 
Mrs. Linde : Good heavens, no! How could you think so? A man who has such strong opinion about these things! And besides how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything! It would upset our mutual relations altogether; our beautiful happy home would no longer be what it is now. Do you mean never to tell about it?
Nora: (meditatively and with a half-smile) Yes –someday perhaps, after many years, when I am no longer as nice-looking as I am now. Don’t laugh at me! I mean, of course, when Torvald is no longer as devoted to me as he is now; when my dancing and dressing –up and reciting have paled on him; then it may be a good thing to have something in reserve-(breaking off)What nonsense! That time will never come. Now what do you think of my greatest secret, Christine? Do you still think I am of no use? I can tell you , too, that this affair has caused me a lot of worry. It   has been by no means easy for me to meet my engagements punctually. I may tell you that there is something that is called in business, quarterly interest and another thing called payment ininstallments and it is always so dreadfully difficult to manage them. I have not been able to put a side much from housekeeping money for Torvald must have a good table. I could not let my children be shabbily dressed; I have felt obliged to use up all he gave me for them, the sweet little darlings.

Questions

1. Briefly describe what happens before the events in this extract.     (3mks)
2. State and explain any two aspects of style used in this extract.   (4mks)
3. How is Mrs. Linde depicted in this extract?(4mks)
4. What is the attitude of Mrs. Linde towards Nora? Explain   (3mks)
5. Explain how the “imprudence” of Nora later complicates the events of the play.(2mks)
6. Who is a shadow character in a play? In this extract identify one shadow character. What is his\her significance in the play/ (3mks)
7. Add a question tag:
   A wife cannot borrow money without her husband’s consent (1mk)
8. Explain the meaning of the following words. (4mks)
   1. Indulgent
   2. Thoughtless
   3. Caprices
   4. Devoted

Answers

1. Linde comments that a wife is not allowed to borrow a loan. Nora thinks if the woman is business minded it is in order to borrow. Christine does not agree. Nora conceals part of the loan transaction. Nora lies that she got money from an admirer. Christine thinks of her as mad and imprudent.(3mks)
2. It is through flashback that Nora reveals to Mrs. Linde how she borrowed a loan from Krogstad.(4mks)
   Flash-forward. Nora tells the readers about a time in the future. She says she will disclose the secret to Helmer when she gets old. This reveals Nora as secretive
   Irony. it is ironical that Nora borrows money to cater for expenses aimed at taking care of the health care of Helmer yet she keeps it a secret to Helmer himself.
3. She engages Nora in a conversation that reveals Nora’s secretive nature.(4mks)
   Critical. She thinks of Nora as imprudent for not informing her husband about the loan issue. She is all questions to Nora.
4. Sympathetic . she sympathizes with Nora who had chosen to clear the loan debt all alone…..”poor Nora”…..So it had all to come out of your own necessaries of life . poor Nora.(4mks)
5. She signs the bond three days after her father’s death. She forges her father’s signature. Krogstad is to use it in the court as it is an illegality. He uses the issue to mount pressure so as to keep his job. He intends to use the press to blackmail Helmer.(2mks)
6. A character who is not present in the lifespan of the play. Papa. His significance is in the plot development. Nora uses him to build her argument on injustices meted on women.(1mk)
7. ….can she?(1mk)
8.  
   1. Lenient/tolerant
   2. Careless
   3. Desires
   4. Committed\dedicated. (4mks)

Excerpt 11

Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: It’s a shame to say that. I do really save all I can.
Helmer: (Laughing) That’s very true, - all you can. But you can’t save anything!
Nora: (Smiling quietly and happily) You haven’t any idea how many expenses we skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.
Helmer: You are an odd little soul. Very like your father. You always find some new way of wheedling money out of me, and as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in your hands. You never know where it has gone. Still, one must take you as you are. It is in the blood: for indeed it is true that you can inherit these things, Nora.
Nora: Ah, I wish I had inherited many of papa’s qualities.
Helmer: And I would not wish you to be anything but just what you are, my little skylark. But do you know, it strikes me that you are looking-rather—what shall I say- rather uneasy today?
Nora:Do I?
Helmer: You do, really. Look straight at me.
Nora :( Looks at him) Well?
Helmer: (Wagging his finger at her) Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?
Nora: No; what makes you think that?
Helmer: Hasn’t she paid a visit to the confectioner’s?
Nora: No, I assure you, Torvald-
Helmer: Not been nibbling sweets?
Nora: No, certainly not.
Helmer: Not even take a bite at a macaroon or two?
Nora: (Going to the table on the right) I shouldn’t think of going against your wishes.
Helmer: No, I am sure of that: besides, you gave me your word- (Going up to her) Keep your little Christmas secrets to yourself, my darling. They will be revealed tonight when the Christmas tree is lit, no doubt.
Nora: Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?
Helmer: No. But there is no need; as a matter of course, he will come to dinner with us. However, I will ask him when he comes this morning. I have ordered some good wine. Nora, you can’t think how I am looking forward to this evening.
Nora: So am I! And how the children will enjoy themselves, Torvald!
Helmer: It is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly a safe appointment, and a big enough income. It is delightful to think of, isn’t it?
Nora: It’s wonderful!

Questions

1. Place this extract in its immediate context(4 marks
2. Identify one use of metaphorical language and explain its significance(3marks)
3. Helmer says here “It is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly safe appointment”. What is he referring to?(1 mark)
4. What issues on money and gender emerge in this extract? (4 marks)
5. What dietary habit is Helmer discouraging Nora from? Illustrate your answer( 2 mks).
6. What do we learn about the character of Helmer from this extract?(4 marks)
7. “Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?” (Re-write in reported speech)(1 mark)
8. Based on what happens later in the play, how does the prevailing mood in this excerpt change and why?(3 marks)
9. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the extract? (3 marks)
   1. Wheedling money out of me
   2. Confectioner’s
   3. You gave me your word

Answers

1. Before the extract, Helmer puts his arm around Nora’s waist (1 mk) and calls her an example of little people who are spendthrifts ( 1 mk). After the extract, Helmer reminds Nora about the previous Christmas ( 1 mk) where Nora shut herself up every evening making ornaments (1 mk).
2. Nora refers to herself as a skylark andsquirrel (2 mks). This alludes to her sense of happiness and hyperactivity (1 mk).
3. He is referring to his new job at the bank. ( 1 mk)
4. That financial mismanagement (1 mk) affects both men and women ( 1 mk). Very like your father ( 1 mk) ….you always find ways of wheedling money (1mk)
5. Discourages her from eating sweets (1 mk). Because of mention of Miss Sweet Tooth (1 mk) and nibbling sweets (1mk).
6. He is hospitable ( 1 mk) for planning to invite Dr. Rank ( 1mk) and also optimistic ( 1mk) because of mention of big income and safe appointment ( 1 mk).
7. This happy mood ( 1mk) changes to become somber ( 1mk) after Helmer discovers Nora’s secret ( 1mk).
8. Make me use money carelessly
   1. Shop that makes or sells sweets.
   2. You promised. 

Excerpt 12

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
NORA:          What I ought to make an end of?
Mrs Linde:   Of two things, I think. Yesterday you talked some nonsense about a rich admirer was to leave you money---
Nora:             An admirer who doesn’t exist, unfortunately! But what then?
Mrs Linde:   Is Doctor Rank a man of means?
Nora:             Yes, he is.
Mrs Linde:   And has no one to provide for?
Nora:               No, no one; but----
Mrs Linde:     And comes here every day?
Nora:               Yes, I told you so.
Mrs Linde:     But how can this well-bred man be so tactless?
Nora:             I don’t understand you at all.
Mrs Linde:     Don’t prevaricate, Nora. Do you suppose I don’t guess who lent you the two hundred and fifty pounds?
Nora:               Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing? A friend of ours, who comes here everyday! Do you realise what a horribly painful position that would be?
Mrs LInde:     Then it really isn’t he?
Nora:               No, certainly not. It would never have entered into my head for a moment. Besides, he has no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.
Mrs Linde:     Well, I think that was lucky for you, my dear Nora.
Nora:               No, it would never have come into my head to ask Doctor Rank. Although I am quite sure that if I had asked him---
Mrs Linde:       But of course you won’t.
Nora:               Of course not. I have no reason to think it could possibly be necessary. But I              am quite sure that if I told Doctor Rank---
Mrs Linde:     Behind your husband’s back?
Nora:               I must make an end of it with the other one, and that will be behind his back too. I must make an end of it with him.
Mrs Linde:       Yes, that is what I told you yesterday, but---
Nora:                 (walking up and down) A man can put a thing like that straight much easier than a woman---
Mrs Linde:     One’s husband, yes.
Nora:                 Nonsense! (standing still) When you pay off a debt you get your bond back, don’t you?
Mrs Linde:         Yes, as a matter of course.
Nora:                 And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces, and burn it up- the nasty dirty paper!                                                           
Mrs Linde:       (looks hard at her, lays down her sewing and gets up slowly.) Nora you are you concealing something from me?      .
Nora:                   Do I look as if I were?
Mrs Linde:           Something has happened to you since yesterday morning. Nora, what is it?

Questions

1. What happens immediately after this extract?   (3mks)
2. Discuss any two issues brought out in this extract.         (4mks)
3. How is Mrs Linde depicted in this extract?                                   (4mks)
4. In which ways does the playwright use dramatic irony in the extract? (4mks)
5. Because you do as your husband wishes. (Add a question tag)                           (1mk)
6. How effective is the use of humour in this extract.       (2mks)
7. From this excerpt, Helmer is hardworking. How is this character trait brought out elsewhere in the play and how does it complicate the drama?      (3mks)
8. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt. (4mks)
   1. a man of means
   2. prevaricate
   3. came into his money
   4. concealing 

Answers

1. Torvald comes home, Nora tells Christine to go to the children for Torvald cannot bear dressmaking, Nora manipulatively tells Helmer she has been missing him, Torvald thinks dressmaker has been around.
2. Materialism: - Nora thinks of a rich admirer who leaves money to her
   Mrs Linde beieves the story yet such a man doesn’t exist.
   Friendship: - Nora and Linde share intimate feelings. They discuss the riches of Krogstad and other pretty things.
3. Materialistic: - she is concerned with Nora’s imaginations about a rich man
   Inquisitive: - she inquires so much from Nora the riches of Dr Rank, the false admirer, where Dr Rank takes his money.
   Readers know that there is no rich admirer but only mere imaginations yet Mrs. Linde does not, she thinks Rank gave a loan to Nora yet the reader knows it is Krogstad who lent money, Mrs Linde does not know about the bond Nora talks about yet the reader knows she talks of the loan she got from Krogstad. Because you do as your husband wishes, don’t you?
4. It is comical when Mrs Linde believes that Nora has an old rich admirer who will leave money to Nora after his death. Mrs Linde misinterprets the imagination and it raises a fuss.This lightens the stage.
5. Helmer had overworked himself in the past. He fell ill. Dr advised he should be taken to south, Nora borrows Krogstad some money to take him for a trip. Later Krogstad raises issues with the loan.
6.  
   1. -A man of means
      -A rich man
   2. -Prevaricate
      -Evade/deviate/avoid
   3. -Came into his money
      -Inherited
   4. -Concealing
      -Hiding

Excerpt 13

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow:
Mrs. Linde:Is Doctor Rank a man of means?
Nora: Yes, he is.
Mrs. Linde: And has no one to provide for?
Nora:No, no one; but-
Mrs. Linde:  And comes here   every day?
Nora:  Yes, I told you so.
Mrs. Linde: But how can this well –bred man be so tactless?
Nora:  I don’t understand you at all
Mrs. Linde:  Don’t prevaricate, Nora. Do you suppose I don’t guess who lent you the two hundred and Fifty pounds?
Nora:    Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing! A friend of ours who comes here every day! Do you realize what a horribly painful position that would be?
Mrs. Linde:Then it really isn’t he?
Nora: No, certainly not. It would never have entered into my head for a moment. Besides, he had no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.
Mrs. Linde:    Well, I think that was lucky for you, my dear Nora.
Nora: No, it would never have come into my head to ask Doctor Rank. Although I am quite sure that if I had asked him-
Mrs. Linde: But of course you won’t.
Nora: Of course not. I have no reason to think it could possibly be necessary. But I am quite sure that if I told Doctor Rank-
Mrs. Linde: Behind your husband’s back?
Nora: I must make an end of it with the other one, and that will be behind his back too. I must make an end of it with him.
Mrs. Linde: Yes, that is what I told you yesterday, but –
Nora: (walking up and down) A man can put a thing like that straight much easier than a woman –
Mrs. Linde:  One’s husband, yes.
Nora: Nonsense! (Standing still) When you pay off a debt you get your bond back, don’t you?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, as a matter of course.
Nora:  And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces, and burn it up- the nasty dirty paper!
Mrs. Linde:(looks hard at her, lays down her sewing and gets up slowly) Nora, you are concealing something from me
Nora:  Do I look as if I were?
Mrs. Linde: Something has happened to you since yesterday morning. Nora, what is it?

Questions

1. What happens immediately after this excerpt?     (3marks)
2. Discuss   any two issues brought out in this excerpt   (4 marks)
3. How is Mrs. Linde depicted in this extract? (4 marks)
4. MRS LINDE: Don’t prevaricate, Nora. Do you suppose I don’t guess who lent you the two hundred and   fifty pounds?
   Identify and explain stylistic device used in the above speech.                          (4mks)
5. Because you do as your husband wishes. Add a question tag. (1 mark)
6. Why does Nora refer to the bond as “the nasty dirty paper!”? (2 marks)        
7. From   the play , Helmer is hardworking. How does   this character trait complicate the drama? (3 marks)
8. Give the meaning of the following (4 marks)
   1. A man of means
   2. Prevaricate
   3. Horribly
   4. Concealing

Answers

1. Torvald comes home√ 1mk. Nora tells Christine to go to the children for Torvald cannot bear dressmaking√ 1mk. Nora manipulatively tells Helmer that she has been missing him√ 1mk. Torvald thinks the dressmaker has been around.√ 1mk
2.  
   • Hypocrisy- Nora does things behind her husbands back.
     “I must make an end of it with the other one, and that will be behind his back too”
     Friendship. Nora and Mrs. Linde share intimate feelings. They discuss the riches of Krogstad and other petty things.
   • Materialistic – enquires so much about Dr. Rank’s riches.
   • Inquisitive – she inquires so much   from Nora   the   riches of Rank , the false admirer , where   Rank takes his money. She thinks Nora was lent money by Rank.
     1 mk- for indentification of one mark for illustration ×2 points=4 marks
   • Dramatic irony√ 1mk
     This is where the reader knows something that some of the characters do not know √ 1mk.
     Mrs. Linde thinks Rank gave a loan to Nora √ 1mk
     ‘Let the reader know it is Krogstad who lent money√ mk
3. Because you do as your husband wishes, don’t you?
4. It gives her the burden of keeping it a secret √ 1mk which is a threat to her marriage. √ mk
5. He overworks himself and falls ill√ 1mk, Nora borrows money for his treatment√ 1mk, later Krogstad raises issues with the loan √ 1mk
6.  
   1. A rich   man
   2. evade/deviate/avoid
   3. Terribly
   4. Hiding

Excerpt 14

Krogstad: No matter about that.
Nora: What do you want of me?
Krogstad: An explanation of something.
Nora: Make haste them. What is it?
Krogstad: You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
Nora: I couldn't prevent it, Mr. Krogstad. I fought as hard as I could on your side, but it was no good.
Krogstad: Does your husband love you so little, then? He knows what I can expose you to, and yet ventures-
Nora: How can you suppose that he has any knowledge of the sort?
Krogstad: I didn't suppose so at all. It would not be the least like our dear Torvald Helmer to show so much courage-
Nora: Mr. Krogstad, a little respect for my husband, please.
Krogstad: Certainly — all the respect he deserves, but since you have kept the matter so carefully to yourself. I make bold to suppose that you have a little clearer idea, than you had yesterday, of what it actually is that you have done?
Nora: More than you could ever teach me.
Krogstad: Yes, such a bad lawyer as I am.
Nora: What is it you want of me?
Krogstad: only to see how you were, Mrs Helmer, 1 have been thinking about you all day long. A mere cashier, a quill driver, a man like me - even he has a little of what is called feeling, you know.
Nora: Show it, then; think of my little children.
Krogstad: Have you and your husband thought of mine? But never mind about that. I only wanted to tell you that you need not take this matter too seriously. In the first place there will be no accusation made on my part.
Nora: No, of course not; I was sure of that.
Krogstad: The whole thing can be arranged amicably; there is no reason why anyone should know anything about it. It will remain a secret between us three.
Nora: My husband must never get to know anything about it.
Krogstad: How will you be able to prevent it? Am I to understand that you can pay the balance that is owing?
Nora: No, not just at present.
Krogstad: Or perhaps that you have some expedient for raising the money soon?
Nora: No expedient that I mean to make use of.
Krogstad: Well, in any case, it would have been of no use to you. Now if you stood there with ever so much money in your hand, I would never part with your bond.

Questions

1. Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4marks)
2. What is Krogstad's attitude towards Helmer? Explain. (3marks)
3. "You have some expedient for raising the money soon". Does Nora have an idea on how to raise the money? Explain (4marks)
4. "Yes, such a bad lawyer as I am". What is the tone of this statement? (2mks)
5. "Does your husband love you so little then?" How does Helmer's behavior later in the play bear out Krogstad' statement? (4marks)
6. Describe Krogstad’s character as revealed in this excerpt (4marks)
7. Identify and explain the use of irony in this excerpt. (2mks)
8. A mere cashier, a quill driver a man like me even he has a little of what is called feelings you know. (Rewrite beginning: Even ………..) (2 marks)

Answers

1. Krogstad had been to the Helmers house the day before.(1 mk) The purpose of the visit was to blackmail Nora into stopping Helmer from dismissing Krogstad from his job at the bank.(I mk) Nora is unsuccessful in her attempt to persuade Tovald not to dismiss Krogstad.(1 mK) Krogstad returns to pile pressure on Nora by reminding her of the consequences of her failure(1 mk). By this time the dismissal letter has been given to Krogstad.                                                                                  
2. Krogstad is contemptuous towards Helmer. This comes out clearly in his reference to Helmer as, "our dear Tolvald," and says of him, "It would not be the least like our dear Tovald Helmer to show so much courage." Nora has to interrupt and demand that Krogstad shows a little respect for her husband. When Krogstad says, "all the respect he deserves," he actually means that, in his opinion, Helmer does not deserve respect. . (3 marks)
3. Nora for a long time has been toying with the idea of asking Dr. Rank for help. In fact, whenever she gets desperate about the debt, she imagines that some rich man had fallen in love with her and that this man dies and bequeaths her all his property. Dr. Rank is a rich, old, sick and dying man. He visits the Helmers every day and is actually in love with Nora. Indeed, Nora begins a conversation with Dr. Rank, in an attempt to ask him for help with the loan. (4 marks)
4. The tone is sarcastic (1 mk). In describing himself as a bad lawyer, he means to hurt or be unpleasant to Nora. Nora had earlier on described him as such a bad lawyer.(1 mk)
5. When Helmer gets to know about the money Krogstad had lent his wife, his major concern is how this would affect him. His reaction portrays him as selfish.(1 mk) He insults his wife, calls her a hypocrite, a liar and a criminal. This is not the response Nora had imagined.(1 mk) She had thought that her husband would take responsibility for what had happened, told off Krogstad and defended his wife. Nora is so disappointed that she ends their marriage (2 marks)
6.  
   1. Krogstad is sadistic, He derives pleasure from hurting Nora. He says that even if Nora paid all the money, he would not surrender her bond. He would keep it so that he can continue tormenting her.
   2. He is disrespectful. He has no respect for Helmer, Nora has to remind him to show a little respect for Helmer.
   3. He is insensitive. He shows this when he says "No matter about that" He does not care whether he hurts Nora and her marriage to Helmer or not. (4 marks)
7. Krogstad tells Nora that "she need not take this matter too seriously"( 1 mk). He is determined to destroy her and her family if she does not grant him his wish yet he tells her she should not take the matter seriously (1 mk). He must mean the opposite,
8. Even a mere cashier, a quill driver, a man like me has a little of what is called feelings you know. (2 marks)

Excerpt 15

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.                     (25 Marks)
Nora:              I have waited so patiently for eight years; for goodness know, I knew very well that wonderful things don’t happen every day. Then this horrible misfortune came upon me; and then I felt quite certain that the wonderful thing was going to happen at last. When Krogstad’s letter was lying out there, never for a moment did I imagine that you would consent to accept this man’s conditions. I was so absolutely certain that you would say to him: Publish the thing to the whole world. And when that was done —
Helmer:          Yes, what then? — when I had exposed my wife to shame and disgrace?
Nora:              When that was done, I was so absolutely certain, you would come forward and take everything upon yourself, and say: I am the guilty one.
Helmer:          Nora —!
Nora:              You mean that I would never have accepted such a sacrifice on your part? No, of course not. But what would my assurances have been worth against yours? That was the wonderful thing which I hoped for and feared; and it was to prevent that that I wanted to kill myself.
Helmer:          I would gladly work night and day for you, Nora — bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrifice his honour for the one he loves.
Nora:              It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.
Helmer:          Oh, you think and talk like a heedless child.
Nora:              Maybe. But you neither think nor talk like the man I could bind myself to. As soon as your fear was over — and it was not fear for what threatened me, but for what might happen to you —when the whole thing was past, as far as you were concerned it was as if nothing at all had happened. Exactly as before, I was your little skylark, your doll, which you would in future treat with doubly gentle care, because it was so brittle and fragile. (getting up) Torvald — it was then it dawned upon me that for eight years I had been living here with a strange man, and had borne him three children —. Oh, I can’t bear to think of it! I could tear myself into little bits!

Questions

1. What happens before this excerpt? (3 marks)
2. Identify and explain two themes brought out in this excerpt.   (4 marks)
3. Identify any two character traits of Helmer from the excerpt. (4 marks)
4. Cite any two stylistic devices and explain their effectiveness. (4 marks)
5. Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.  (3 marks)
   1. I have waited so patiently for eight years. (Begin: So…
   2. I am the guilty one. (Rewrite the sentence adding a question tag)
   3. “I could tear myself into little bits!” (write in reported speech)
6. From elsewhere in the play, explain content of Krogstad’s letter that Nora is referring to.(3 marks)
7. What is Nora’s attitude towards her husband Helmer as portrayed in the excerpt?(2 marks)
8. What happens immediately after this excerpt?  (2 marks) 

Answers

1. Nora declares that she no longer loved Helmer. She also declares that she will not stay there any longer. What had happened that night had made her realise that Helmer was not the man she thought he was. `3mks
2. Sacrifice/selflessness – hundreds of thousands of women sacrifice. Nora wanted to kill herself so as to exonerate her husband from blame should the fraud she committed be exposed.
   Gender inequality – women are considered not intelligent enough i.e. think like a child. Women are considered fragile, they are treated like a doll, a play thing for amusement. They are treated like children i.e. you think like a heedless child.
   Disappointment – Nora is disappointed that her husband Helmer whom she had always believed would take up the blame on her behalf with regards to the case of fraud, confesses that he can’t sacrifice his honour for the one he loves.
   (any 2X2=4 Marks)
3. He is selfish – he could not sacrifice his honour for the one he loves. He only feared for what might happen to him and not what threatened Nora.
   He is fearful – he is afraid of what might happen to him when Nora’s case of fraud got exposed.
4. Use of simile – “Oh, you think and talk like a heedless child.” Effect: the perception of Helmer towards Nora is that her level of intelligence is comparable to a child’s.
   Use of metaphor – skylark, a doll. Effect: this insinuates that Nora is like a doll, an object of amusement for Helmer.
   (any 2X2=4 Marks)
5. So patiently have I waited for eight years.
6. I am the guilty one, aren’t I?
7. Nora exclaimed that she could have torn herself into little bits.
   Nora had forged her father’s signature on the bond so that she could get a loan from Krogstad. This was considered a fraud and she could be charged in a court of law. 3mks
8. Contemptuous/scornful – she tells Helmer that he neither thinks nor talks like the man she could bind herself to.
   Critical – she criticizes his selfishness and disloyalty. He could not sacrifice his honour for the one he loves.             2mks
9. Helmer persuades Nora to reconsider her decision to divorce him, but Nora reiterates that that was imminent. 2mks

Excerpt 16

Helmer : You can’t deny it, my dear little Nora. (Puts his arm round her waist.) It’s a sweet  little spendthrift, but she uses up a deal of money. One would hardly believe how                    expensive such little persons are!
Nora     : It’s a shame to say that. I do really save all I can.
Helmer :(laughing). That’s very true,–all you can. But you can’t save anything!
Nora     :(smiling quietly and happily). You haven’t any idea how many expenses we skylarks  and squirrels have, Torvald.
Helmer : You are an odd little soul. Very like your father. You always find some new way of  wheedling money out of me, and, as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in                      your  hands. You never know where it has gone. Still, one must take you as you are. It is in the blood; for indeed it is true that you can inherit these things, Nora.
Nora     : Ah, I wish I had inherited many of papa’s qualities.
Helmer : And I would not wish you to be anything but just what you are, my sweet little skylark. But, do you know, it strikes me that you are looking rather–what shall I say– rather uneasy today?
Nora     :Do I?
Helmer : You do, really. Look straight at me.
Nora     :(looks at him). Well?
Helmer :(wagging his finger at her). Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town  today?
Nora     :No; what makes you think that?
Helmer :Hasn’t she paid a visit to the confectioner’s?
             Not been nibbling sweets?
Nora     :No, certainly not.
Helmer : Not even taken a bite at a macaroon or two?
Nora     :No, Torvald, I assure you really–
Helmer : There, there, of course I was only joking.
Nora     :(going to the table on the right). I should not think of going against your wishes.
Helmer :No, I am sure of that; besides, you gave me your word– (Going up to her.) Keep your  little Christmas secrets to yourself, my darling. They will all be revealed tonight  when the Christmas tree is lit, no doubt.
Nora     :Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?

Questions

1. “You can’t deny it, my dear little Nora?” What is Nora denying? (2 marks)
2. “Helmer refers to Nora as a sweet little spendthrift who is expensive.” Give three other names that Helmer uses to refer to Nora? (3 marks)
3. “….it strikes me that you are looking rather–what shall I say–rather uneasy today?” Why is Nora uneasy referring to what happens earlier in the play? (4 marks)
4. “Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?” What is Helmer’s attitude towards Nora when he says the underlined words? (2 marks)
5. Discuss two themes presented in the excerpt. (4 marks)
6. Describe two traits of Nora as portrayed in the excerpt. (4 marks)
7. “Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?” Give the response that Helmer gives in regard to the question.(4 marks)
8. Give an alternative word with the same meanings in each of the following words as used in the excerpt. (2 marks)
   1. Wheedling ………………………………………………………………………………….
   2. Nibbling ………………………………………………………………………………….

Answers

1. “You can’t deny it, my dear little Nora?” What is Nora denying? (2marks)
   1. Nora is denying spending the all money given to her on the housekeeping and a number of unnecessary things.
      
      
2. “Helmer refers to Nora as a sweet little spendthrift who is expensive.” Give three other names that Helmer uses to refer to Nora? (3 marks)
   1. My little squirrel - sweet little spend thrift
   2. Little featherhead
   3. My little skylark
   4. Miss Sweet Tooth
      
      
3. “….it strikes me that you are looking rather–what shall I say–rather uneasy today?” Why in Nora uneasy referring to what happens earlier in the play? (4marks)
   1. She has eaten macaroons. Then she wipes her mouth. She fears that Helmer would realize. She had been forbidden from eating the macaroons.
      
      
4. “Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?” What is Helmer’s attitude towards Nora when he says the words in boldface? (2marks)
   1. Patronizing. He restrains Nora with rule forbidding her from eating macaroons.
      
      
5. Discuss two themes presented in the excerpt. (4marks)
   1. Dishonesty/ deceit. Nora denies eating macaroons when she has done so.
   2. Love. Helmer refers to Nora using affectionate pet names like “sweet little spendthrift”
   3. Marriage- Nora is married
   4. Male chauvinism
      
      
6. Describe two traits of Nora as portrayed in the excerpt. (4marks)
   1. Childlike, immature. She happily accepts the pet names “sweet little spendthrift” “skylarks” and “squirrels”.
   2. Secretive/Dishonest and deceitful. She denies eating macaroons when she has earlier eaten.
      
      
7. “Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?” Give the response that Helmer gives in regard to the question. (4 marks)
   1. There is no need of inviting Doctor Rank.
   2. Doctor would come to dinner with them.
   3. He would invite him when he comes in that morning
   4. He has ordered some good wine.
   5. He is looking forward to that evening.
      
      
8. Give an alternative word with the same meaning as each of the following words as used in the excerpt. (2marks)
   1. Wheedling obtaining
   2. Nibbling eating/chewing

Excerpt 17

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow,
Nora: No; yesterday it was very noticeable. I must tell you that he suffers from a very dangerous disease. He has consumption of the spine, poor creature. His father was a horrible man who committed all sorts of excesses; and that is why his son was sickly from childhood, do you understand?
Mrs. Linde: (dropping her sewing). But, my dearest Nora, how do you know anything about such things?
Nora: (walking about). Pooh! When you have three children, you get visits now and then from--from married women who know something of medical matters, and they talk about one thing and another.
Mrs. Linde: (goes on sewing a short silence). Does Doctor Rank come here every day?
Nora: Every day regularly. He is Torvald's most intimate friend, and a great friend of mine too. He is just like one of the family.
Mrs. Linde: But tell me this is he perfectly sincere? I mean, isn't he the kind of man that is very anxious to make himself agreeable?
Nora: Not in the least. What makes you think that?
Mrs. Linde: When you introduced him to me yesterday, he declared he had often heard my name mentioned in this house; but afterwards I noticed that your husband hadn't the slightest idea who I was. So how could Doctor Rank-?
Nora: That is quite right, Christine. Torvald is so absurdly fond of me that he wants me absolutely to himself, as he says. At first he used to seem almost jealous if I mentioned any of the dear folk at home, so naturally I gave up doing so. But I often talk about such things with Doctor Rank, because he likes hearing about them.
Mrs. Linde: Listen to me, Nora. You are still very like a child in many ways, and I am older than you in many ways and have a little more experience. Let me tell you this--you ought to make an end of it with Doctor Rank.
Nora: What ought I to make an end of?
Mrs. Linde: Of two things, I think. Yesterday you talked some nonsense about a rich admirer who was to leave you money
Nora: An admirer who doesn't exist, unfortunately! But what then?
Mrs. Linde:  Is Doctor Rank a man of means?
Nora: Yes, he is.
Mrs. Linde: And has no one to provide for?
Nora: No, no one; but _
Mrs. Linde: And comes here every day?
Nora: Yes, I told you so.
Mrs. Linde: But how can this well-bred man be so tactless? 
Nora: I don't understand you at all.
Mrs. Linde: Don't prevaricate, Nora. Do you suppose I don't guess who lent you the two hundred and fifty pounds.
Nora: Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing! A friend of ours, who comes here every day! Do you realize what a horribly painful position that would be? 
Mrs. Linde: Then it really isn't he?
Nora: No, certainly not. It would never have entered into my head for a moment. Besides, he had no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.

Questions

1. "No, yesterday it was very noticeable......."
   Explain what and who Nora is referring to in this utterance. (3 marks)
   Identify the humor in Nora's answer on how she came to know anything about such things. (3marks)
2. Why does Mrs. Linde ask so many questions about Dr Rank's character? ( 3 marks)
3. Referring to events that take place later in the play, explain the irony in Nora's words of an admirer who doesn't exist, unfortunately." (4 marks)
4. What does this excerpt reveal about the personality of Doctor Rank? (4 marks)
5. He is just like one of the family (1 mark) (Add a question tag)
6. Identify the issue that is evident in this excerpt (2 marks)
7. If you were a director of a theatre group, how would you cast Doctor Rank? (2 marks)
8. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
   v. Excesses
   vi.Prevaricate
   vii.Make an end of it

Answers

1. Nora is answering Mrs Linde's question (1 mark) as to why Doctor Rank looked so depressed (1 mark) the previous day (1 mark)
2. The fact that her knowledge of medical matters (1 mark) is based on gossip (1 mark) from married women amd not a reliable source such as a medical doctor. She says without any proof to back her claim that Doctor Rank's illness was caused by (1 mark) his father's excesses when he was young.
3. Mrs. Linde is concerned (1 mark) that Doctor Rank's frequent visits may lead to a love affair (1 mark) between him and Nora, thereby threating Nora's marriage.
4.                          
   1. Nora says that no secret admires exists, yet in actual sense Doctor admires her secretly.
   2. He is hypocritical (1 mark) insincerehe says she heard Mrs. Linde's name mentioned yet Torvald had never heard of her (1 mark) He is untrustworthy (1 mark) Mrs Linda casts doubt about him- .... is he perfectly sincere?'' (1 mark) 
5. He is just like one of the family, isn't he? (If no comma and question mark, award no mark) 
6. Immorality
   Doctor Rank is said to suffer from a very dangerous disease-consumption of the spine. His father is said to have been a horrible man who committed all sorts of excesses and that's why Dr Rank was sickly from childhood. (1 mark) 
7. I would present a frail - looking (1 mark) characters (men) who has a walking stick to support him as he walks around with a limp (1/2 mark) to show the sickly Doctor Rank.
8.                      
   1. Harmful/unacceptable/ immoral actions
   2. Beat about the bush
   3. Stop the developing love relationship

Excerpt 18

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: No, indeed; I only feel my life unspeakably empty. No one to live for anymore. (Gets up restlessly) That is why I could not stand the life in my little backwater any longer. I hope it may be easier here to find something which will busy me and occupy my thoughts. If only I could have the good luck to get some regular work – office work of some kind –
Nora: But Christine, that is so frightfully tiring, and you look tired out now. You had far better go away to some watering-place.
Mrs. Linde: (walking to the window) I have no father to give me money for a journey, Nora.
Nora: (rising) Oh, don’t be angry with me!
Mrs. Linde: It is you that must not be angry with me, dear. The worst of a position like mine is that it makes one so bitter. No one to work for, and yet obliged to be always on the lookout for chances. One must live, and so one becomes selfish. When you told me of the happy turn your fortunes have taken – you will hardly believe it – I was delighted not so much on your account as on my own.
Nora: How do you mean? – Oh, I understand. You mean that perhaps Torvald could get you something to do.
Mrs. Linde: Yes, that was what I was thinking of.
Nora: He must, Christine. Just leave it to me; I will broach the subject very cleverly – will think of something that will please him very much. It will make me so happy to be of some use to you.
Mrs. Linde: How kind you are, Nora, to be so anxious to help me! It is doubly kind of you, for you know so little of the burdens and troubles of life.
Nora: I --? I know so little of them?
Mrs. Linde: (smiling) My dear! small household cares and that sort of thing! You are a child, Nora.
Nora: (tosses her head and crosses the stage) You ought not to be so superior.
Mrs. Linde: No?
Nora: You are just like the others. They all think that I am incapable of anything serious.
Mrs. Linde: Come, come –
Nora: That I have gone through nothing in this world of cares.
Mrs. Linde: But my dear Nora, you have just told me all your troubles.
Nora: Pooh! – those were trifles. (lowering her voice) I have not told you the important thing.

Questions

1. Mrs. Linde says, “I only feel my life unspeakably empty,” Briefly explain what happens to her before this excerpt regarding this statement. 4mks
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2. Identify and explain any major theme brought out in this excerpt. 2mks
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3. Identity and illustrate any character trait brought out in this excerpt regarding. 4mks
   1. Nora
      ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
   2. Helmer
      ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Identify and illustrate any two forms of style in the extract. 4mks
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5. Nora says that she has not told Mrs. Linde ‘the important thing’. Briefly explain what this is. 3mks
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6. From this excerpt, Nora promises to get Mrs. Linde a job. From elsewhere in the text, how does this decision affect Nora? 3mks
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7. You are just like the others. (Add a question tag) 1mk
   ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. “I have no father to give me money for a journey, Nora.” 2mks
   What is ironical about this statement?
   ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract. 2mks
   1. backwaters
      …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
   2. trifles
      …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Answers

1. Mrs. Linde says, “I only feel my life unspeakably empty,” Briefly explain what happens to her before this excerpt regarding this statement. (4mks)
   • Her husband died / she’s a widow.
   • She is jobless / she has no money.
   • She has no children of her own.
   • Her mother is dead.
   • Her brothers are all grown-ups and do not need her anymore.
     (Accept any 4 points. One mark each)
2. Briefly discuss any major thematic concern brought out in this excerpt. (2mks)
   • Hopelessness – Mrs. Linde feels hopeless after suffering so much loss in her life.
   • Love and friendship – Mrs. Linde turns to her long-time friend, Nora for help.
   • Pain and suffering – Mrs. Linde explains her pain and suffering, “The worst of a position like mine is that it makes one so bitter.”
     (Accept any other relevant, well-illustrated theme. Identification = 1mk, Illustration = 1mk)
3. Identity and illustrate any character trait brought out in this excerpt regarding. (4mks)
   1. Nora
      • Observant – “…and you look tired out now”
      • Concerned - “…better go away to some watering-place.”
      • Helpful / supportive / kind / caring
        • She promises to help get Mrs. Linde a job at the bank through a husband.
        • “How kind you are, Nora, to be so anxious to help me!”
      • Calculating / tactical / manipulative / cunning / scheming / devious - “I will broach the subject very cleverly – will think of something that will please him very much.”
   2. Mrs. Linde
      • Hardworking
      • Sarcastic
      • Honest / sincere - I was delighted not so much on your account as on my own.
        • She admits that she is bitter / selfish.
      • Opportunistic –
      • Condescending / patronizing – she tells Nora, “…you know so little of the burdens and troubles of life.”
        • She calls Nora ‘a child’.
          (Expect 2 traits. Accept any other well illustrated trait. Identification: 1mk x2, Illustration: 1mk x2. Total = 4mks)
4. Nora says that she has not told Mrs. Linde ‘the important thing’. Briefly explain what this is.(3mks)
   • Nora borrowed a loan of two hundred and fifty pounds from the bank without her husband’s knowledge.
   • She used the money to take her husband to Italy to recover from illness.
   • Nora lied to her husband that the money was given to her by her late father.
5. Identify and illustrate any two forms of style in the extract. (4mks)
   • Sarcasm – “I have no father to give me money for a journey, Nora.”
   • Metaphor – “You are a child, Nora.”
   • Rhetorical question – “I --? I know so little of them?”
     (Expect 2 forms of style. Accept any other well illustrated style. Identification, 1mk, Illustration 1mk x 2 = 4mks)
6. From this excerpt, Nora promises to get Mrs. Linde a job. From later in the text, how does this decision negatively affect Nora? (3mks)
   • Helmer dismisses Krogstad for committing forgery and hires Mrs. Linde to take his place.
   • Krogstad threatens to reveal Nora’s secret about the loan if she does not help him to retain his job.
   • Nora is unable to convince Helmer to change his mind and Krogstad reveals her secret in a letter to Helmer.
   • Helmer disowns Nora who leaves her family.
7. You are just like the others. (Add a question tag) (1mk)
   • aren’t’ you?
8. “I have no father to give me money for a journey, Nora.” What is ironical about this statement?(2mks)
   • The irony is that Nora did not get money for their journey to Italy from her father. She got it through her own efforts / borrowed a loan from the bank.
9. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract. (2mks)
   1. backwaters
      A remote / distant / isolated / far-off / inaccessible place.
   2. trifles
      Nothings / small issues

Excerpt 19

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Krogstad: I am not asking your husband for a penny.
Nora: What do you want, then?
Krogstad: I will tell you. I want to rehabilitate myself, Mrs. Helmer; I want to get on; and in that your husband must help me. For the last year and a half, I have not had a hand in anything dishonorable, amid all that time I have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. I was content to work my way up step by step. Now I am turned out and I am not going to be satisfied by merely being taken into favor again. I want to get on, I tell you. I want to get into the bank again, in a higher position. Your husband must make a place for me-
Nora: That he will never do!
Krogstad: He will; I know him; he dare not protest. And as soon as I am in there
with him, then you will see! Within a year I shall be the manager’s
right hand. It will be Nils Krogstad and not Torvald Helmer who
manages the Bank.
Nora: That’s a thing you will never see!
Krogstad: Do you mean that you will-?
Nora: I have courage enough for it now.
Krogstad: Oh, you can’t frighten me. A fine, spoilt lady like you-
Nora: You will see, you will see.
Krogstad: Under the ice, perhaps? Down into the cold, coal-black water?
And then, in the spring, to float up to the surface, all horrible and
unrecognizable with your hair fallen out –
Nora: You can’t frighten me.
Krogstad: Nor you me. People don’t do such things, Mrs. Helmer. Besides, what use would it be? I should have him completely in my power all the same.
Nora: Afterwards? When I no longer------
Krogstad : Have you forgotten that it is I who have the keeping of your
reputation? (Nora stands speechlessly looking at him.) Well,
now, I have warned you. Do not do anything foolish. When
Helmer has had my letter; I shall expect a message from him. And
be sure you remember that it is your husband himself who has
forced me into such ways as this again. I will never forgive him for
that. Goodbye, Mrs. Helmer. (Exit through the hall)
Nora: (goes to the hall door, opens it slightly and listens) He is going.
He is not putting the letter in the box. Oh no, no! that’s impossible!
(Opens the door by degrees) What is that? He is standing outside.
He is not going downstairs. Is he hesitating? Can he-?
(A letter drops into the box; then KROGSTAD’S footsteps are heard
until they die away as he goes downstairs. NORA utters a stifled cry,
and runs across the room to the table by the sofa. A short pause)
Nora : In the letter box . (steals across the hall door) There it lies-
Torvald , Torvald, there is no hope for us now! (Mrs Linde comes in
From the room on the left, carrying the dress)
Mrs. Linde There, I can’t see anything more to mend now.
Would you try to try it on-?
Nora : (in a hoarse whisper) Christine, come here.
Mrs. Linde : (throwing the dress down on the sofa) What is the matter with you?
You look so agitated!
Nora: Come here. Do you see that letter? There, look -you can see it
through the glass in the letter box.

Questions.

1. Explain why Krogstad visited Nora in the excerpt. (2mks)
2.      
   1. People don’t do such things (provide a question tag) 1mk
   2. I will never forgive him for that (write in reported speech) 1mk
3. “I want to rehabilitate myself………….?” From the context of the drama, explain what Krogstad means by this assertion. (3mks)
4. Discuss the character of Krogstad as brought out in the excerpt. (4mks)
5. Identify and illustrate any two themes brought out in this excerpt. (4mks)
6. With clear illustrations, give any two styles found in the excerpt. (4mks)
7. Why does Krogstad say that he keeps Nora’s reputation? (3mks)
8. What is the content of the letter that Nora fears Krogstad would drop in Helmer’s letter box? (3mks)

Answers

1. Krogstad aims at blackmailing Nora into persuading Helmer not to dismiss him from the bank. (1mk) He also aims at acquiring a higher position at the bank. (1mk)
2.    
   1. People don’t do such things, do they? (Ensure a comma, small letter at the begging the question tag and a question mark) 1mk.
   2. He said that he will never forgive him for that. (1mk)
3. Krogstad meant that he wanted to correct his former past without engaging in any indiscretion. (1mk). Having been involved in forgery which ruined his reputation. (1mk) he finds the opportunity to work in the bank as the means of mending his past. (1mk)
4.    
   • Manipulative (1mk) – he uses his secret weapon about forgery to force Helmer retain him at the bank. (1mk)
   • Opportunistic (1mk) – he takes advantage of Nora’s desperate situation to face his way back to bank. (1mk)
   • Scheming (1mk) – he plans to take a higher position at the bank by force. He threatens to expose Nora’s crime if this is not done. (1mk) (any 2*2=4marks) identification 1mk illustration 1mk
5.    
   • Blackmail (1mk) -Krogstad blackmails the Helmer’s to retain him in the bank because failure to do so, it will make him expose Nora’s forgery thereby ruining the family’s reputation. (1mk)
   • Opportunism (1mk) – Krogstad takes advantage of Nora’s past mistake to force his way into the bank and also aims to get a higher position at the bank. (1mk)
   • Conflict (1mk) – Nora and Krogstad disagree strongly as to whether Krogstad should expose the forgery or not. (1mk)
6. Interior monologue (1mk) – Nora engages in a stream of consciousness as she hopes Krogstad doesn’t drop the letter that would expose the forgery. (1mk)
   Metonymy (1mk) – Krogstad says that within a year he will be the manager’s right hand. (meaning he would be in control) 1mk (any 2 well illustrated style 2*2=4mks)
7. Krogstad keeps the secret that Nora forged her father’s signature. (1mk). If this information goes public Nora will not only face public shame (1mk), but also lose trust from Helmer who does not know about the secret. (1mk)
8. The letter contains Nora’s secret crime of forgery. (1mk). It presents the truth about Nora’s past and represents the inevitable dissolution of her marriage (1mk). It reveals that Nora’s father had not given them any money rather the money had been borrowed from Krogstad. (1mk) the letter contains Nora’s deceitful nature. (1mk)

Excerpt 20

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25 Marks)

Nora:     And I?
Helmer: You too, of course; we are both saved, both you and I. Look, he sends you your bond back. He says he regrets and repents – that a happy change in his life – never mind what he says! We are saved, Nora! – no one can do anything to you. Oh, Nora, Nora! – no, first I must destroy these hateful things. Let me see – (takes a look at the bond) No, no, I won’t look at it. The whole thing shall be nothing but a bad dream to me. (Tears up the bond and both letters, throws them all into the stove, and watches them burn.) There – now it doesn’t exist any longer. He says that since Christmas Eve you – These must have been three dreadful days for you, Nora.

Nora:     I have fought a hard fight these three days,
Helmer: And suffered agonies, and seen no way out but -. No, we won’t call any of the horrors to mind. We will only shout with joy, and keep saying, “It’s all over! It’s all over” Listen to me, Nora. You don’t seem to realize that it is all over. What is this? – such a cold, set face! My poor little Nora, I quite understand; you don’t feel as if you could believe that I have forgiven you. But it is true, Nora, I swear it; I have forgiven you everything. I know that what you did, you did out of love for me.

Nora:     That is true.
Helmer: You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had not sufficient knowledge to judge of the means you used. But do you suppose you are any the less dear to me, because you don’t understand how to act on your own responsibility? No, no; only lean on me; I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes. You must not think anymore about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me. I have forgiven you, Nora; I swear to you I have forgiven you.

Nora: Thank you for your forgiveness. (she goes out through the door to the right)
QUESTIONS

1. We are both saved”. What is Helmer referring to? (2mks)
2. Who is the’ he’ referred to in the excerpt. Explain the happy change that has taken place in his life. (3mks)
3. Identify the main issue brought out in this excerpt. (3mks)
4. Comment on the dominant mood depicted in this passage. (3mks)
5. Give one character trait of (4mks)
   1. Norah ______________________________________________________________
   2. Helmer _____________________________________________________________
6. Comment on any two aspects of style used in the excerpt. (6mks)
7. Supply the correct question tag.
   The whole thing shall be nothing but a bad dream to me. (1mk)
8. Explain the meaning of this phrase as used in the excerpt ...moment of consternation. (1mk)
9. What happens immediately after this excerpt?. (2mks)

Answers

1. We are both saved”. What is Helmer referring to?
   • Krogstad had returned the bond, wrote a letter saying he no longer wishes to pursue the matter –1mk they are therefore saved from black mail by Krogstad who had threatened to expose the forgery thus tarnishing their reputation.1mk
2. Who is the he referred to in the excerpt. Explain the happy change that has taken place in his life.
   • The he is Krogstad- 1mk. He had met Christine and the two are reunited in their love for each other.1mk
3. Identify the main issue brought out in this excerpt.
   • Pain & suffering gender – Nora has had three dreadful days
   • Gender discrimination-Helmer belittles Nora and feels she should depend on him.
     Expect detailed illustrations from the passage
4. Comment on the dominant mood depicted in this passage.
   • Jubilant / celebratory mood as Helmer expresses the joy after being set free by Krogstad
5. Give one-character trait of
   1. Norah – loving, sarcastic, Resilient, perseverant
   2. Helmer – chauvinistic, patronizing, impulsive, judgmental
      Expect one trait for each character with supportive evidence.
6. Comment on any two aspects of style used in the excerpt.
   • Sarcasm – thank you for your forgiveness/ irony, I have forgiven you everything, I knew you did it out of love for me.
7. Supply the correct question tag.
   The whole thing shall be nothing but a bad dream to me. (1mk)
   • Won’t it?
8. Explain the meaning of the phrase!... Moment of consternation,
   • Time of anxiety dismay / anger at something unexpected.
9. What happens immediately after this excerpt?
   • Norah takes off the fancy dress in. Helmer tries to plead with her calm down and reassures her of shelter, protection, love, peace of mind.

Excerpt 21

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.

Nora: What right have you to question me,Mr. Krogstad?Youare one of my husband’s subordinates! But since you ask, you shall know. Yes, Mrs Linde is to have an appointment. And it was I who pleaded her cause, let me tell you that.
Krogstad:I was right in what I thought, then.
Nora :( walking up and down the stage) Sometimes one has a tiny little bit of influence, I should hope. Because one is a woman, it does not necessarily follow that_.When anyone is in a subordinate position, Mr. Krogstad, they should really be careful to avoid offending anyone who who-
Krogstad: Who has influence?
Nora: Exactly
Krogstad :( changing his tone) Mrs. Helmer, you will be so good as to use your influence on my behalf.
Nora: What do you mean?
Krogstad: You will be so kind as to see that I am allowed to keep my subordinate position in the bank.
Nora: What do you mean by that? Who proposes to take your post away from you?
Krogstad: Oh, there is no necessity to keep up the pretence of ignorance. I can quite understand that your friend is not very anxious to expose herself to the chance of rubbing shoulders with me; and I quite understand, too, whom I have to thank for being turned off.
Nora: But I assure you_
Krogstad: Very likely, but, to come to the point, the time has come when I should advise you to use your influence to prevent that.
Nora: But, Mr. krogstad,I have no influence.
Krogstad: Haven’t? I thought you said yourself just now-
Nora: Naturally I did not mean you put that construction on it! What should make you think I have any influence of that kind with my husband?
Krogstad: Oh,I have known your husband from our student days. I don’t suppose he is any more unassailable than other husbands.
Nora: If you speak slightingly of my husband, I shall turn you out of the house.
Krogstad: You are bold,Mrs. Helmer.
Nora: I am not afraid of you any longer. As soon as the New Year comes, I shall in a very short time be free of the whole thing.
Krogstand:(controlling himself)Listen to me,Mrs.Helmer.If necessary, I am prepared to fight for my small post in the bank as if I were fighting for my life.
Nora: So it seems.
Krogstad: It is not only for the sake of the money; indeed, that weighs least with me in the matter. There is another reason-well, I may as well tell you. My position is this. I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of indiscretion.
Nora: I think have heard something of the kind.
Krogstad: The matter never came into our court; but every way seemed to be closed to me after that. So I took to the business that you know of. I had to do something; and, honestly,I don’t think I’ve been one of the worst. But now I must cut myself free from all that. My sons are growing up; for their sake I must try and win back as much respect as I can in town. This post in the Bank was like the first step up for me-and now your husband is going to kick me downstairs again into the mud.
Nora: But you must believe me,Mr. Krogstad; it is not in my power to help you all.
Krogstad: Then it is because you haven’t the will; but I have means to compel you.
QUESTIONS.

1. Krogstad asks four questions just before this excerpt. Which are they? (4 marks)
2. For what reasons has Krogstad visited Nora? Refer to what happens in the excerpt and in the rest of the play
   (3 marks)
3. ’I was right in what I thought, then. ‘what do you think Krogstad thought? 2mks
4. Describe two character traits of Nora as brought out in the excerpt 4mks
5. Rewrite the sentences according to the instructions given after each without changing their meaning. 2mks
   1. If you speak slightingly of my husband, I shall turn you out of the house.(use: unless…………..)
   2. So it seems.(supply a question tag.)
6. Identify and illustrate any two themes evident in this excerpt 4mks
7. ’’Then it is because you haven’t the will; but I have means to compel you. ‘How does Krogstad plan to force Nora to talk to her husband? 3mks
8. Write a word with the same meaning as each one of the following. 3mks
   1. Necessity
   2. Pleaded
   3. Influence

Answers

1.  
   • If it is Mrs. Linde he has seen with Helmer
   • If Mrs. Linde has just arrived in town
   • That Mrs.Lindeand Nora have been friends
   • If Mrs. Linde is to have an appointment in the bank
2.  
   • To plead with Nora to influence her husband to help him keep the job
   • To remind Nora of their fraud
   • To blackmail Nora
3. That Nora pleaded with Helmer to fire Krogstad and replace him with Mrs. Linde
4.  
   • Protective-She can’t afford to have Krogstad speak ill about her husband.
   • Bold-She tells Krogstad that she is no longer afraid of him
   • Optimistic-She hopes to be free from the whole thing.(deb
5.  
   1. I shall keep/entertain you in my house unless you speak slightly of my husband.
   2. So it seems, doesn’t it?
6. Themes
   1. Role of women-Krogstad believes Nora can influence her husband to help him keep the job.
   2. Boldness-Nora is bold enough to caution Krogstad against speaking ill of her husband.
7. Telling her about the nature of the money she borrowed him. He reminds Nora of the  details of their business.He tell Nora that when he goes down, Nora too will lose her position.
8.  
   1. Need
   2. Begged
   3. Power

Excerpt 22

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.

Mrs Linde: (smiles sadly and strokes her hair) It sometimes happens, Nora.
Nora: So you are quite alone. How dreadfully sad that must be. I have three lovely children. You can’t see them just now, for they are out with their nurse. But now you must tell me all about it.
Mrs Linde: No, no; I want to hear about you.
Nora: No, you must begin. I mustn’t be selfish today; today I must only think of your affairs. But there is one thing I must tell you. Do you know we have just had a great piece of good luck?
Mrs Linde: No, what is it?
Nora: Just fancy, my husband has been made manager of the bank!
Mrs Linde: Your husband? What good luck!
Nora: Yes, tremendous! A barrister’s profession is such an uncertain thing, especially if he won’t undertake unsavoury cases; and naturally Torvald has never been willing to do that, and I quite agree with him. You may imagine how pleased we are! He is to take up his work in the bank at the New Year, and then he will have a big salary and lots of commissions. For the future we can live quite differently- we can do just as we like. I feel so relieved and so happy, Christine! It will be splendid to have heaps of money and not need to have an anxiety, won’t it?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, anyhow I think it would be delightful to have what one needs.
Nora: No, not only what one needs, but heaps and heaps of money.
Mrs. Linde: (smiling) Nora, Nora, haven’t you learned sense yet? In our school days you were a great spendthrift.
Nora: (laughing) Yes, that is what Torvald says now (Wags her finger at her.) But “Nora, Nora” is not so silly as you think. We have not been in a position for me to waste money. We have both had to work.
Mrs. Linde: You too?
Nora: Yes; odds and ends, needlework, crotchet-work, embroidery, and that kind of thing. (dropping her voice) And other things as well. You know Torvald left his office when we were married? There was no prospect of promotion there, and he had to try and earn more than before. But during the first year he overworked himself dreadfully. You see he had to make money every way he could, and he worked early and late; but he couldn’t stand it, and fell dreadfully ill, and the doctors said it was necessary for him to go south.
Mrs. Linde: You spent a whole year in Italy, didn’t you?

Questions

1. What does Mrs. Linde refer to when she says, “It sometimes happens, Nora”? (3marks)
2. Identify any two stylistic devices used in the extract and state their effectiveness. (4 marks)
3. But ‘Nora, Nora’ is not so silly as you think. What proves that Nora has not been as silly as she was thought to be by many? Refer to elsewhere in the novel. (3 marks)
4. Identify and explain the dominant theme in the excerpt. (2 marks)
5. What character traits of Nora and Mrs. Linde are brought out in the excerpt? (4 marks)
6. Why did the family spend a whole year in Italy? (3 marks)
7. So, you are quite alone. (Add a question tag) (1 mark)
8. What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt? (3 marks)
   
   1. Barrister: ………………………………………………..
   2. Spendthrift: …………………………………………….
   3. Unsavoury: ……………………………………………..
9. What happens after the excerpt? (2 marks)

Answers

1. What does Mrs. Linde refer to when she says, “It sometimes happens, Nora”? (3 marks)
   • She is referring to her suffering. Her husband died and left her nothing. She does not have any children, sorrow, or grief to live upon.
2. Identify any two stylistic devices used in the extract and state their effectiveness. (4 marks)
   • Flashback - “You know Torvald left his office when we were … and the doctors said it was necessary for him to go south.” The flashback has been used to enhance the plot. It also shows the character trait of Helmer as hardworking.
   • Symbolism “New Year” is a symbol of change. Torvald will get a job promotion hence more money. Money is a symbol of power/ authority. It enhances the theme of money and power and the theme of change.
     (Award ½ mark for identification, ½ mark for illustration and 1 mark for stating the effectiveness)
3. But ‘Nora, Nora’ is not so silly as you think. What proves that Nora has not been as silly as she was thought to be by many? Refer to elsewhere in the novel. (3 marks)
   • Nora went against societal norms and acquired a loan in order to help Helmer recuperate in Italy. She works and comes up with ways of repaying the debt she owes Krogstad. She sees the selfishness of Helmer when he fails to defend her and decides to leave her home- something that is totally unexpected of her and women in general. (Award any other valid point)
4. Identify and explain the dominant theme in the excerpt. (2 marks)
   • Money and work - Nora mentions about Tovald’s job promotion from a barrister to a bank manager. He will now have lots of money. She also tells Mrs. Linde of how Torvald overworked himself and became ill. When Christine calls Nora a spendthrift, Nora says she has not been in a position to waste money either and they both had to work.
5. What character traits of Nora and Mrs. Linde are brought out in the excerpt? (4 marks)
   1. Nora
      • Spendthrift- “In our school days you were a great spendthrift.”
      • Hardworking- “We have both had to work.”
   2. Mrs Linde
      • Selfless- “No, no; I want to hear about you.”
      • Informed/Observant/knowledgeable- “In our school days you were a great spendthrift.” “You spent a whole year in Italy, didn’t you?”
        (one character trait for each character 2 marks)
6. Why did the family spend a whole year in Italy? (3 marks)
   • The family spent a whole year in Italy because Helmer had fallen ill as a result of overworking himself. The doctors suggested to Nora that they had to go South in order for Helmer to recuperate.
7. So, you are quite alone. (Add a question tag) (1 mark)
   • So, you are quite alone, aren’t you?
8. What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt? (3 marks)
   1. Barrister A lawyer
   2. Spendthrift Someone who spends money carelessly/ wasteful
   3. Unsavoury Not respectable/ Disreputable/ Of questionable moral character
9. What happens after the excerpt? (2 marks)
   • Nora tells Christine that the trip was hard for her since it was just after Ivar was born. It, however, saved Torvald’s life but it cost her a lot of money- 250 pounds.

Excerpt 23

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.

Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something-it is my new dress-
Rank: What? Your dress is lying there.
Nora: Oh, yes, that one; but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn’t know about it-
Rank: Oho! Then that was great secret.
Nora: Of course. Just go into 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 HELMER’s room)
Nora: (to the MAID) And he is standing waiting in the kitchen?
Maid: yes; he came up the back of the 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’s a surprise for 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. What happens immediately before the excerpt? (3marks)
2. Explain any two stylistic devices evident in the extract. (4marks)
3. Who is the person said to be waiting in the kitchen, and why has the person come? (3marks)
4. Then that was the great secret’. From elsewhere in the text, identify any three secrets that Nora has kept. (3marks)
5. He came up the back stairs. (Begin: Up…). (1mark)
6. Explain a major social issue of concern addressed in this excerpt. (2marks)
7. What dreadful thing does Nora fear might happen? Explain. (3marks)
8. What do we learn about Nora’s character from the excerpt? (4marks)
9. What is the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt? (2marks)
   1. make your mind easy…………………………………………………………………………..
   2. It was no good ……………………………………………………………………………………

Answers

1. What happens immediately before the excerpt? (3marks)
   • The maid comes in whispers and hands a card to Nora. Nora glances at it and puts it in her pocket. Rank enquires if there’s something wrong.
2. Explain any two stylistic devices evident in the extract (4marks)
   • Soliloquy- Nora talks alone, ‘The dreadful thing is going to happen….she is afraid of being exposed by Krogstad
   • Dramatic irony-the readers know that ‘it’does not refer to a dress but Krogstad, yet Rank does not know.
   • Foreshadow- this dreadful thing is going to happen…
     
     
3. who is the person said to be waiting in the kitchen, and why has the person come? ( 3 marks)
   • Nils Krogstad- to get an explanation from Nora as to why he has been dismissed yet he had asked Nora to assist him retain his post in the bank.
     
     
4. Then that was the great secret’. From elsewhere in the text, identify any three secrets that Nora has kept. (3marks)
   • Lies to Helmer that she wants him to help her dance yet she wants to buy time so that he does not access the mailbox soon.
   • Lies to Dr.Rank that it is Mrs.Linde who gave her macaroons
   • She takes a loan without Helmer’s knowledge.
   • She eats macaroons behind Helmer’s back
   • Lies to Mrs.Linde that she got a loan from papa
   • Lies to Helmer that Christine learnt about his promotion through a telegraph
     
     
5. He came up the back stairs. (Begin Up…) (1 mark)
   • up the back stairs, he came
     
     
6. Explain a major social issue of concern addressed in this excerpt. (2marks)
   • Deception/pretence/falsehood- Nora lies to Dr.Rank so that she does not have to explain her secret.
   • Identification 1mark,illustration (1mark)
     
     
7. What dreadful thing does Nora fear might happen? Explain. (3marks).
   • Her secret over borrowing a loan from Krogstad will be let out to Torvald. This would lead to her husband feeling betrayed in their marriage which may cause disagreement, tension, conflict, between them.
     
     
8. What do we learn about Nora’s character from the excerpt? (4marks)
   • secretive-she doesn’t want anyone to know Krogstad came
   • deceitful/pretentious-lies to Dr.Rank that the secret is about her dress
   • manipulative- convinces the maid not to tell anyone about Krogstad’s visit.
   • Identification (1mark),illustration (1mark)
     
     
9. What is the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt? (2marks)
   • make your mind easy-Don’t think about it/do not trouble yourself over it/keep calm
   • It was no good-it was useless/not useful/it did not help at all.

Excerpt 24

Helmer: Very well. I will think it over; we shall manage to hit upon something.
Nora: That is nice of you. (Goes to the Christmas tree; a short pause). How pretty the flowers look. But, tell me, was it really something very bad that this Krogstad was guilty of?
Helmer: Yes; or, as in so many cases, by imprudence. I am not so heartless as to condemn a man altogether because of a single false step of that kind.
Nora: No, you wouldn’t, would you, Tovarld?
Helmer: Many a man has been able to retrieve his character if he has openly confessed his fault and taken his punishment.
Nora: Punishment?
Helmer: But Krogstad did nothing of the sort; he got himself out of it by a cunning trick, and that is why he has gone under altogether.
Nora: But do you think it would?
Helmer: Just think how a guilty man like that has to lie and play the hypocrite with everyone; how he has to wear a mask in the presence of those near and dear to him, even before his wife and children. And about the children – that is the most terrible part of it all, Nora.
Nora: How?
Helmer: Because such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home. Each breath the children take in such a house is full of germs of evil.

Questions

1. Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4marks)
2. Identify and illustrate two character traits of Helmer evident in the extract. (4marks)
3. From your knowledge of the play, explain the irony in Helmer’s observation. (4marks)
4. From elsewhere in the play, explain 2 steps Nora takes to ensure that her children do not take any breath full of germs of evil. (2marks)
5. Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in the extract: 2marks
   1. …and that’s why he has gone under altogether
   2. Krogstad did nothing of the sort
6. I am not so heartless as to condemn a man altogether because of a single false step of that kind. (Add a question tag) - 1mark
7. Explain Tovarld and Nora’s position on the issue of forgery as evidenced in the excerpt and elsewhere in the play. (4marks)
8. Identify and illustrate any 2 stylistic devices used in the excerpt. (4marks)

Answers

1. Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4mks)
   • Before: Nora says she has a big favour to ask of Tovarld. She asks her husband to help pick a dress and roll for her when she goes to the fancy dress ball. Helmer is pleased that his wife is asking for his help. She says she can’t do without him.
   • After: Tovarld says that in his life as a lawyer, bad character in children begins with a deceitful mother. He says that a bad father would yield similar results. He says Krogstad has been poisoning his own children with lies and dissimulation.
2. Identify and illustrate two character traits of Helmer evident in the extract. (4marks)
   1. Open/ Candid/Forthright – tells Nora he won’t condemn a man for the sake of it. He faults Krogstad for not clearing his name.
   2. Determined/ Resolute – he has made up his mind that Krogstad must pay for his misdeeds because he has refused to confess his fault and not taken his punishment. (mark any other relevant trait)
3. From your knowledge of the play, explain the irony in Helmer’s observation. (4mks)
   1. When Helmer says: ‘Each breath the children take in such a house is full of germs of evil’. It is ironic that he does not know he is directly referring to his wife.
   2. Nora is equally deceitful because she has concealed her secret loan with Krogstad for a long time.
   3. Her husband has no idea that the money used for his treatment was borrowed from Krogstad.
   4. The atmosphere in his house is equally full of evil in this case. Nora is deceitful for taking a loan behind Helmer’s back and continues to ‘poison’ the children.
4. From elsewhere in the play, explain what steps Nora takes to ensure that her children do not take any breath full of germs of evil. (2mks)
   1. Nora keeps herself too busy from the children. The nurse is with them all the time.
   2. At the end of the play, Nora leaves the children with Tovarld and the nurse
5. Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in the extract: (2marks)
   1. …and that’s why he has gone under altogether
      • His reputation was ruined or his condition is beyond repair
   2. Krogstad did nothing of the sort
      • Krogstad never confessed his fault
6. I am not so heartless as to condemn a man altogether because of a single false step of that kind. (Add a question tag) - 1mark
   • I am not so heartless as to condemn a man altogether because of a single false step of that kind, am I? (a comma after kind, the tag must begin with a small letter and end with a question mark)
7. Explain Tovarld and Nora’s position on the issue of forgery as evidenced in the excerpt and elsewhere in the play. (4marks)
   • Tovarld views forgery as a very serious crime/ offence. He would have expected Krogstad to openly confess and seek redemption. Nora on the other hand, takes it lightly and says one can be driven by necessity
   • Elsewhere, Nora fights hard to conceal her own forgery in the bond she signed with Krogstad. Its discovery will be worse that Krogstad’s because she is Helmer’s wife and she knows his feelings on this subject.
   • She justifies her forgery and says she did it to save her husband. (2marks each)
8. Identify and illustrate any one stylistic device used in the excerpt. (4marks)
   • Symbolism- ‘how she has to wear a mask..’ -one has to pretend to be what he/she is not.
   • Repetition - No, you wouldn’t, would you, Tovarld?- emphasises his willingness to forgive.

Excerpt 25

Read the following excerpt from Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, and answer the questions that follow.
Rank: Is there anything wrong?
Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something it is my new dress—
Rank: What? Your new dress is lying there.
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 going to him; he is sitting in the inner room, Keep him as long as—
Rank: Make your kind easy; I won't let him escape. (Goes into HELMER’S room )
Nora: (to the MAID) and he is standing waiting in the kitchen?
Maid: Ye, 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 say she won't until he has seen you, ma'am.
Nora: Well, let him come in—but quietly Hellen, you mustn't say anything about it to anyone. It is a surprise for my husband.
Maid: Yes, ma'am, I quite understand. (Exit)
Nora: This dreadful thing is going to happen! It will happen inspite of me! No, no, no, It can't happen—its hasn't happen! (She bolts the door of HELMER' S room. The MAID opens the hall door for KROGSTAD and shuts it after him. He is wearing a fur coat, high Boots and fur cap.)
Nora: (advancing towards him) Speak low—my husband is at home.
Krogstad: No matter about that.
Nora: What do you want of me?
Krogstad: An explanation of something.
Nora: Make haste then. What is it?
Krogstad: You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
Nora: I couldn't prevent it, Mr. Krogstad I fought as hard as I could on your side, but It was no good.
Krogstad: Does your husband love you so little, then? He knows what I can expose you to, and yet he ventures —
Nora: How can you suppose that he has any knowledge of the sort?

Questions:

1. Place the excerpt in its immediate context. (4 marks)
2. What is it that Nora claims to be another that she ordered? What does it reveal about her character trait? (4 marks)
3. This dreadful thing is going to happen! What is it that Nora fears will happen? (5 marks)
4. What character trait of Nora is brought out in the excerpt? (4 marks)
5. What is the presentation of Rank in the excerpt? (2 marks)
6. Identify and explain two aspects of style used in the above excerpt ( 2mks)
7. What major theme comes out in the excerpt? (2 marks)
8. What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt? (2 marks)
   
   1. Dreadful
   2. Make your mind easy

Answers

1. Place the excerpt in its immediate context. 4mks
   Before this, Nora has been having an intimate conversation with Dr. Rank where she Wants to ask him for a big favour.
   Dr.Rank discloses to her that he is at the verge of death since his long time ailment
   Has taken a toll on him. He also confesses to having been in love with her all along.
   The maid comes in and hands Nora a card as she whispers something to her. Nora put the card in her pocket but looks disturbed.
   Later:
   Krogstad tells Nora that he has no option than to tell Helmer the long kept secret of
   Nora. She pleads with him not to and even offers to pay him some money but he refuses claiming he only wants to redeem his reputation. He walks out and drops a
   Letter meant for Helmer in the letter box.
2. What is it that Nora claims to be another that she ordered? What does it reveal?
   About her character trait? 3mks
   What Nora claims to have ordered is the loan that she took from Krogstad behind her
   Husband’s back and which she has kept as a secret for long. It shows that Nora is
   Secretive since she has guarded this secret about taking the loan and her husband
   does not know it.
3. This dreadful thing is going to happen! What is it that Nora fears will happen? 3mks
   Nora is afraid that her husband will get to know about her long kept secret of
   Borrowing money from Krogstad. The presence of Krogstad sends signals that he is
   Here to disclose to Helmer about the loan as well as the forgery that Nora involved herself.
4. What character trait of Nora is brought out in the excerpt? 4mks
   She is secretive— she tells Rank that her husband must not know about it and Rank
   Asks about the great secret.
5. What is the presentation of Rankin the excerpt? 2mks
   He is presented as a concerned person. He asks Nora whether anything is wrong.
6. soliloquay- Nora anticipates that the worse is about to happen. This dreadful thing…
   Hyperbole- Nora exaggerates having fought the battle that never was.
7. What major theme comes out in the excerpt? 2mks
   Deceit—it is evident that Nora has been deceiving her husband by keeping a particular
   Secret that she says he must never get to know. She tells Krogstad that Helmer has no
   Knowledge of the sort.
8. What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt? 2mks
   
   1. Dreadful — very bad.
   2. Make your mind easy — relax

Excerpt 26

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow
Nora: (jumping up and going to him) oh, dear, nice Doctor Rank, I never meant that at all. But surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little like being with Papa –
(enter MAID from the hall)
Maid: if you please, ma’am. (Whispers and hands her a card)
Nora: (glancing at the card) oh! (Puts it into her pocket)
Rank: is there anything wrong?
Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something – it is my new dress –
Rank: what? Your dress is lying there.
Nora: Oh, yes, that one: but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn’t know about it –
Rank: Oho! Then 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 our mind easy; I won’t let him escape (goes into 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 for 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 (4marks)
2. Identify and illustrate the character trait of the following characters (4 marks)
   1. Rank
   2. Nora
3. Who is in the kitchen and why has he come? (3marks)
4. Identify and illustrate the dominant theme in the excerpt. (2marks)
5. “……… being with Torvald is a little like being with papa” what does Nora mean by this statement?   (2marks)
6. Explain an incidence of dramatic irony from the excerpt. (2marks)
7. Why is Nora quick to usher Dr. Rank out of the room? (2 marks)
8. “This dreadful thing is going to happen. “Rewrite in reported speech. (1mark)
9. Explain the dreadful thing that Nora fears might happen? (2 marks)
10. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
    1. Make your mind easy
    2. won’t let him escape
    3. it was no good

Answers

1.  
   • Before
     Dr Rank tells Nora that he has always felt love for her
     Nora tells him that she only thinks of him as a close family companion and not a lover.
   • After
     The maid opens the door for Krogstad to come in
     Krogstad has just received his dismissal letter from the bank
     He comes to enquire why Nora did not prevent his dismissal.
2.  
   1. RANK
      
      • Keen / observant (1mark) he quickly notices Nora’s behavior change once she receives the card from the maid and enquires what is wrong with her.(1mark)
      • Loyal/concerned (1mark) he promises to keep Helmer Company for as long as Nora wishes.
   2. NORA
      • Secretive (1 mark) - she lies about the card to Dr. Rank
        She lies about Krogstad to the maid
3. it is Krogstad (1 mark)
   • He has received his dismissal from the bank (1 mark)
   • He wants to enquire from Nora why she couldn’t prevent his dismissal.
4. Deception: Nora doest want Dr. Rank to know about Krogstad’s visit, she also lies to the maid that they’re planning a surprise for Helmer when Krogstad visits.
5. That both Helmer and her father were domineering/ patronizing eg she was never free to express herself both at her father’s place and at Helmer’s place.
6. The readers know that Nora has received a card from the maid but Dr. Rank doesn’t know about the card.
7. Because she wants some time alone with Krogstad/ whatever she wants to discuss with Krogstad is secretive. / she doesn’t want Dr. Rank to know of Krogstad’s presence.
8. Nora said that that dreadful thing was going to happen.
9. That her husband will discover of her crime of forgery from Krogstad.
10.  
    1. Relax
    2. It will keep him busy
    3. It was useless

Excerpt 27

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)

Nora: I don’t believe that any longer. I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being, just as you are- or at all events, that I must try and became one. I know quite well, Torvald that most people would think you right and that views of that kind are to be found in books. I must think over things for myself and get to understand them.
Helmer: Can you not understand your place in your own home? Have you not any reliable guide in such matters as that? - have you no known religion?
Nora: I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is.
Helmer: What are you saying?
Nora: I know nothing but what the clergyman said when I went to be confirmed. He told us that religion was this and that, and the other. When I am away from all this, and I am alone, I will look into the matter too. I will see if what the clergyman said is true, or at all events if it is true for me.
Helmer: This is unheard of in a girl of your age! But if religion cannot lead you alright, let me try and awaken your conscience. I suppose you have some moral sense? Or-answer me- Am I to think you have none?
Nora: I assure you, Torvald that is not an easy question to answer. I really don’t know. The thing perplexes me all together. I only know that you and I look at it in a quite different light. I am learning, too, that the law is quite another thing from what I suppose; but I find it quite impossible to convince myself that the law is right. According to it, a woman has no right to spare her old dying father, or to save her husband’s life. I can’t believe that.
Helmer: You talk like a child. You don’t understand the conditions of the world in which you live.
Nora: No, I don’t. But now I am going to try. I am going to see if I can make out who is right, the world or I.

Questions

1. In point form, summarize the circumstances surrounding the events in this extract.(4 marks)
2. How is Torvald depicted in this extract? (4 marks)
3. From elsewhere in the play, show the contrast in Nora’s character from what we see in this extract. (4 marks)
4. Discuss any thematic concern addressed in this extract. (2 marks)
5. I am going to see if I can make out who is right, the world or I. Add a question tag. (1 mark)
6. What does Helmet’s question, “– have you no religion?’ reveal about the place of religion in the society? (2 marks)
7. Comment on the effectiveness of any one feature of style in the extract above. (2 marks)
8. Describe the mood in this extract. (2 marks)
9. What is the meaning of the following expressions as used in this extract? (4 marks)
   1. I am a reasonable being…………………………………………………………………
   2. clergyman……………………………………………………………………………….
   3. conscience……………………………………………………………………………….
   4. perplexes…………………………………………………………………………………..

Answers

1. 
   Before–
   • Helmer accuse Nora of neglecting her most sacred duties; duty to her husband and children. ✔
   • Nora refutes saying there are other sacred duties; duties to herself. ✔
   • Helmer tells her the duty to her husband and children comes before that of hers. ✔
     
     After –
   • Helmer accuses Nora of being ill and delirious. ✔
   • Nora says she is most clear and certain in her mind. ✔
   • Helmer questions how a sober mind can forsake her children. ✔
     (Must be presented in point form. If not award 50% of the total marks. Any 2 points before and 2 after)
     
     
2. Torvald is depicted as
   • Abusive✔ – he calls Nora blind, foolish woman✔
   • Chauvinistic✔ – he has low opinion for his wife. She has a sacred duty to husband and children not herself. ✔
   • Emotional✔–he shouts at Nora. He gets angry with Nora ✔
   • Conservative✔ – believes that a woman should not leave her marital home✔
     
     
3. Contrast in Nora’s character is seen in the following ways:
   • Before this she is submissive ✔– she is at peace when called skylark, song bird, squirrel etc. ✔
   • She is also naïve✔ – Mrs. Linde calls her a kid and less experienced. She accepts such labels
   • In the excerpt Nora is authoritative✔ and independent. ✔ She authoritatively states that she has a sacred duty to herself first then to husband and children. She is ready to pursue the opinion of the few. She assertively questions a law that does not allow a woman the right to spare her old dying father or save her husband’s life. ✔
     (Any 2 clearly explained differences)
     
     
4. Female empowerment ✔– Nora questions the logic of the law if it does not allow a woman to spare her old dying father or save her husband’s life. The law should have such provisions. ✔
   • Gender equality ✔– the wife goes through name calling from her husband. Nora feels she has a duty to herself. She says she should be treated as a human being. The law should grant gender equality. ✔
   • Place of women in the society ✔– Torvald believes a woman’s role is being a wife and a mother ✔
     
     
5. Helmer’s question shows how religion is used to perpetuate the oppression of women in the society. ✔
   
   
6. Features of style evident in the excerpt
   • Rhetoric questions – “can you not understand your place in your home?’ ✔ This is used to show Torvald’s attitude towards Nora✔
   • Irony✔ – Nora’s change of character is completely unexpected. She comes out as an assertive woman contrary to Torvald’s expectations. ✔
   • Simile – “You talk like a child.” ✔This again reveals Torvald’s condescending attitude toward Nora. ✔
     (Any one well illustrated and explained feature of style)
     
     
7. The mood is tense✔/anxious✔ – the heated argument in the dialogue characterized by different viewpoints carries a lot of conflict. Nora is ready to quit the marriage. ✔
   
   
8. Meaning of word and phrases as used in the excerpt
   • I can think and make own decisions✔
   • Ordained Christian minister✔
   • Moral sense of right and wrong ✔
   • Baffles/vexes/disturbs/bewilders/puzzles✔

Excerpt 28

Read the extract below and answer all the questions that follow. (25 Marks)
Nora: Yes, and which I signed.
Krogstad: Good. But below your signature there were a few lines constituting your father a surety for the money; those lines your father should have signed.
Nora: Should? He did sign them.
Krogstad: I had left the date blank; that is to say, your father should himself have inserted the date on which he signed the paper. Do you remember that?
Nora: Yes, I think I remember—
Krogstad: Then I gave you the bond to send by post to your father. Is that not so? Nora: Yes.
Krogstad: And you naturally did so at once, because five or six days afterwards you brought me the bond with your father's signature. And then I gave you the money.
Nora: Well, haven't I been paying it off regularly?
Krogstad: Fairly so, yes. But to come back to the matter in hand that must have been a very trying time for you, Mrs. Helmer?
Nora: It was, indeed.
Krogstad: Your father was very ill, wasn't he?
Nora: He was very near his end.
Krogstad: And died soon afterwards?
Nora: Yes:
Krogstad: Tell me, Mrs Helmer, can you by any chance remember what day your father died? __ on what day of the month, I mean.
Nora: Papa died on the 29th of September.
Krogstad: That is correct; I have ascertained it for myself. And, as that is so, there is discrepancy (taking a paper from his pocket) which I cannot account for.
Nora: What discrepancy? I don't know—
Krogstad: The discrepancy consists, Mrs. Helmer, in fact that your father signed this bond three days after his death.
Nora: What do you mean? I don't understand —
Krogstad: Your father died on the 29th of September. But, look here; your father had dated his signature the 2nd of October. It is a discrepancy, isn't it? (NORA is silent) Can you explain it to me? (NORA is still silent) It is a remarkable thing, too, that the words “2nd of October,” as well as the year, are not written in your father’s handwriting but in one that I think I know. Well, of course, it can be explained; your father may have forgotten to date his signature, and someone else may have dated it haphazard before they knew of his death. There is no harm in that. It all depends on the signature of the name; and that is genuine. I suppose, Mrs. Helmer? It was your father himself who signed his name here.

Questions.

1. What is it that Nora claims to have signed? (1 mark)
2. Explain why Nora had to sign what she claimed to have signed. (3 Marks)
3. What does this excerpt reveal about Krogstad's character? (2 marks) 
4. “What do you mean? I don’t understand…” What does this statement reveal about Nora? (2 Marks)
5. Explain a key theme brought out in the excerpt. (2 marks)
6. From elsewhere in the text, explain why Nora forged her father's signature. (3 Marks)
7. Identify the dominant stylistic device used in the excerpt. (2 Marks)
8. What happens immediately after this excerpt? (3Marks)
9. What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt? (3 Marks)
   1. Ascertained
   2. Discrepancy
   3. Genuine
10. Using your knowledge of the entire text, mention three things that make Nora terrified after the discussion between Krogstad and her. (3Marks)
11.  Papa died on the 29th of September (Rewrite as an interrogative). (1 Mark)

Answers

1. A (Security) bond which Krogstad drew up.
   
   
2.        
   • Her husband fell ill.
   • She went to Krogstad to borrow 250 pounds.
   • Krogstad promised to get her the amount on the security of a bond which he drew up.
     
     
3. Manipulative- He finds a loophole in Nora’s loan that he can use to make her tell Torvald not to fire him.
   
   
4. Deceitful- Nora deceives Krogstad and gets a loan.
   
   
5. Theme of Deceit- Portrayed through Nora’s words and actions.
   
   
6.    
   • Papa was ill.
   • If Nora asked for his signature, he would question and she had to say why yet she couldn’t explain that Torvald’s life was in danger.
   • She needed the money to go take the trip to Italy.
     
     
7.  Flasback- Nora and Krogstad think back about the loan issue.
   
   
8.        
   • Nora confesses that it was she who wrote papa’s name in the bond.
   • Krogstad asks if she knows that it is a dangerous confession.
   • Nora does not understand why and Krogstad asks why she did not send the paper to her father.
     
     
9.  Meanings:
   
   • Confirmed
   •  Disparity
   • True/authentic
     
     
10.     
    • Krogstad says she will be jailed if he produces the paper in court. Krogstad threatens to tell Helmer
    • Krogstad tells Nora that if he looses his position, Nora will lose her position as Helmer’s wife.
      
      
11. Did Papa die on 29th September?

Excerpt 29

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.
Servant : (at the hall door) Excuse me, ma'am - there is a gentleman to see the master, and as the doctor is with him -
Nora : Who is it?
Krogstad : (at the door) It is I, Mrs. Helmer. (Mrs. LINDE starts, trembles, and turns to the window.) 
Nora : (takes a step towards him, and speaks in a strained, low voice) You?
What is it? What do you want to see my husband about?
Krogstad : Bank business - in a way. I have a small post in the Bank, and I hear your husband is to be our chief now -
Nora : Then it is -
Krogstad : Nothing but dry business matters, Mrs. Helmer; absolutely nothing else.
Nora :Be so good as to go into the study then. (She bows indifferently to him and shuts the door into the hall; then comes back and makes up the fire in the stove.)
Mrs. Linde : Nora - who was that man?
Nora : A lawyer, of the name of Krogstad. Mrs. Linde : Then it really was he. Nora : Do you know the man?
Mrs. Linde : I used to - many years ago. At one time he was a solicitor's clerk in our town.
Nora : Yes, he was.
Mrs. Linde: He is greatly altered. 
Nora : He made a very unhappy marriage.
Mrs. Linde : He is a widower now, isn't he?
Nora : With several children. There now, it is burning up. (Shuts the door of the stove and moves the rocking-chair aside)
Mrs. Linde : They say he carries on various kinds of business.
Nora : Really! Perhaps he does; I don't know anything about it. But don't let us think of business; it is so tiresome.
Doctor Rank: (comes out of HELMER's study. Before he shuts the door he calls to him.) No, my dear fellow, I won't disturb you; I would rather go in to your wife for a little while. (Shuts the door and sees Mrs. Linde.) I beg your pardon; I am afraid I am
disturbing you too.
Nora : No, not at all. (Introducing him.) Doctor Rank, Mrs. Linde.
Rank : I have often heard Mrs. Linde's name mentioned here. I think I passed you on the stairs when I arrived, Mrs. Linde?
Mrs. Linde : Yes, I go up very slowly; I can't manage stairs well.
Rank : Ah! some slight internal weakness?
Mrs. Linde : No, the fact is I have been overworking myself.
Rank : Nothing more than that? Then I suppose you have come to town to amuse yourself with our entertainments?
Mrs. Linde : I have come to look for work.
Rank : Is that a good cure for overwork? EEEEEEEE
Mrs. Linde : One must live, Doctor Rank.
Rank : Yes, the general opinion seems to be that it is necessary.
Nora : Look here, Doctor Rank - you know you want to live.
Rank : Certainly. However wretched I may feel, I want to prolong the agony as long as possible. All my patients are like that. And so are those who are morally diseased; one of them, and a bad case too, is at this very moment with Helmer -

1. Briefly explain what has just happened before this excerpt. (3 marks)
2. Nora says, "What do you want to see my husband about?” From your knowledge of the play, why is Nora afraid of Krogstad seeing Helmer? (4 marks)
3. Identify and explain any two instances of irony in this excerpt. (4 marks)
4. With examples, identify any two character traits of Dr. Rank brought out in this excerpt. (4 marks)
5. Describe the mood in this excerpt. (3 marks)
6. Identify two characters in this excerpt who can be described as morally diseased and say why. (4 marks)
7. Explain the meaning of each of the following expressions as used in the excerpt: (3 marks)
   1. small post
   2. greatly altered
   3. dry business matters

Excerpt 30

Read the excerpt below then answer the questions that follow

Nora: (begins to unpack the box, but soon pushes it away from herself) If only I dared go out. If only no one would come. If only I could be sure nothing would happen here in the meantime. Stuff and nonsense! No one will come. Only I mustn’t think about it I will brush my muff. What lovely, lovely gloves! Out of my thoughts, out of my thoughts! One, two, three, four, five, six- (screams) Ah! There is something coming -, (makes a movement towards the door, but stands irresolute) (enter MRS. LINDE from the hall, where she has taken off her cloak and hat)

Nora: Oh, it’s you Christine. There is no one else out there, is there? How good of you to come!

Mrs. Linde: I heard you were up asking for me.

Nora: Yes, I was passing by. As a matter of fact, it is something you could help me with. Let us sit down here on the sofa. Look here. Tomorrow evening there is a fancy-dress ball at the Stenborgs’, who live above us; and Torvald wants me to go as a Neapolitan fisher girl, and dance the Tarantella that I learned at Capri.

Mrs. Linde: I see; you are going to keep up the character.

Nora: Yes, Torvald wants me to. Look, here is the dress; Torvald had it made for me there, but now it is all so torn, and I haven’t any idea—

Mrs. Linde: We will easily put that right. It is only some of the trimming come unsewn here and there. Needle and thread? Now then, that’s all we want.

Nora: It is nice of you.

Mrs. Linde: (sewing) So you are going to be dressed up tomorrow Nora I will tell you what -- - I shall come in for a moment and see you in your fine feathers. But I have completely forgotten to thank you for a delightful evening yesterday.

Nora: (gets up, and crosses the stage) Well, I don’t think yesterday was as pleasant as usual. You ought to have come to town a little earlier, Christine. Certainly Torvald does understand how to make a house dainty and attractive.

Mrs. Linde: And so do you, it seems to me; you are not your father’s daughter for nothing. But tell me, is Dr. Rank always as depressed as he was yesterday?

Nora: No; yesterday it was noticeable. I must tell you that he suffers from a dangerous disease. He has consumption of the spine, poor creature. His father was a horrible man who committed all sorts of excesses; and that is why his son was sickly from childhood, do you understand?

Mrs. Linde: (dropping her sewing) But, my dearest Nora, how do you know anything about such things?

Nora: (walking about) Pooh! When you have three children, you get visits now and then from---- from married women, who know something of medical matters, and they talk about one thing and another.

Mrs. Linde: (goes on sewing a short silence) Does Doctor Rank come here everyday?

Nora: Everyday regularly. He is Torvald’s most intimate friend and a great friend of mine too. He is just like one of the family.

Mrs. Linde: But tell me this---- is he perfectly sincere? I mean, isn’t he the kind of man that is very anxious to make himself agreeable?

Nora: Not in the least. What makes you think that?

Mrs. Linde: When you introduced him to me yesterday, he declared he had often heard my name mentioned in this house; but afterwards I noticed that your husband hadn’t the slightest idea who I was. So how could Doctor Rank---?

Nora: That is quite right, Christine. Torvald is so absurdly fond of me that he wants me absolutely to himself, as he says. At first he used to seem almost jealous if I mentioned any of the dear folk at home; so naturally I gave up doing so. But I often talk about such things with Doctor Rank, because he likes hearing about them.

Questions

1. Why does Nora look disturbed at the beginning of this excerpt? (3marks)
2. Who brought the box that Nora is unpacking at the beginning of this excerpt why did Nora want it? (2marks)
3. “Yes, Torvald wants me to. Look, here is the dress; Torvald had it made for me there, but now it is all so torn, and I haven’t any idea-----“
   1. What does this reveal about the character of Nora? (2marks)
   2. From this statement, describe the relationship that exists between Nora and Torvald.(2marks)
   3. Identify and explain a dramatic technique used in this statement (2marks)
4. Cite two things that indicate that Nora is lying about Dr. Rank’s sickness in this excerpt. (2marks)
5. Explain the message in Dr. Rank’s story as narrated by the two women in this excerpt. (2marks)
6. Apart from repairing the fancy dress, what else does Mrs. Linde repair in this play and how?(3marks)
7. How is morality explored in this excerpt? (3marks)
8. Describe Mrs. Linde’s attitude towards Dr. Rank in this excerpt. (2marks)
9. Explain Nora’s voice at the end of this excerpt (2marks)
10. Explain the word ‘dainty’ as used in this excerpt. (1mark)

Answers  

1. Why does Nora look disturbed at the beginning of this excerpt? (3marks)
   • Krogstad had visited her and threatened her with dire legal consequences arising from the discrepancy in the bond she signed when she took a loan of 250pounds to save Torvald. She is also afraid that her much guarded secret might be revealed and this might ruin her relationship with the husband.
2. Who brought the box that Nora is unpacking at the beginning of this excerpt why did Nora want it? (2marks)
   • The nurse brought the box. Nora wanted it so that it can be repaired in readiness for the fancy-dress ball coming up at the Stenborgs’.
3. “Yes, Torvald wants me to. Look, here is the dress; Torvald had it made for me there, but now it is all so torn, and I haven’t any idea-----“
   1. What does this reveal about the character of Nora? (2marks)
      • She is obedient/submissive- wants to go by what Torvald wants.
      • She is honest/sincere/truthful- admits that she has no idea how to fix the torn fancy dress.
   2. From this statement, describe the relationship that exists between Nora and Torvald. (2marks)
      • It is a hypocritical/pretentious. She wants to please Torvald by doing what he wants not because she likes it.
      • It is also cordial/warm. Torvald had a dress made for Nora.
   3. Identify and explain a dramatic technique used in this statement. (2marks)
      • Symbolism. The torn fancy dress that needs repair. It symbolizes the pretentious relationship between Nora and Torvald that requires fixing.
      • Suspense/Ellipsis. Nora doesn’t say the idea she doesn’t have for the dress. This keeps the audience guessing hence heightens the tension in the play. Situational irony. Nora’s dress is new yet it torn and requires repair. It helps heighten the tension in the play.
        (1 mark for identification and illustration; 1 mark for explanation)
4. Cite two things that indicate that Nora is lying about Dr. Rank’s sickness in this excerpt. (2marks)
   • When asked by Christine how she gets to know about such details, she becomes restless and walks about
   • She also hesitates/stammers when she says that she gets visitors who have a medical knowledge.
   • She gives a flimsy reason- that because she has three children she gets visits from married women who know something about medical matters.
   • It is evident that her reasons are based on gossip- that the women talk about one thing and another.
     (Accept any two well explained)
5. Explain the message in Dr. Rank’s story as narrated by the two women in this excerpt. (2marks)
   • Love/Friendship. Dr. Rank is Torvald’s intimate friend and Nora’s great friend too.
   • Morality. Dr. Rank suffers because of the excesses committed by his father- that if you live immoral life, it will make your children or relatives suffer too.
6. Apart from repairing the fancy dress, what else does Mrs. Linde repair and how? (3marks)
   • She goes all out to repair Torvald-Nora relationship/marriage to make it be premised on truth and honesty rather than pretence. She does so by asking Krogstad not to withdraw the bond so that the truth about Nora’s secret can be known to Helmer. She also insists that Nora should let Helmer know about her much guarded secret.
   • Christine repairs her broken relationship with Nils. She seeks him out, invites him to Helmer’s house, opens up to him and accepts to be the mother to his children.
7. How is morality explored in this excerpt? (3marks)
   • Dr. Rank’s father committed excesses in his youth and as a result his son suffers from a disease- the consumption of the spine- that would finally kill him. This is a warning to people to live moral lives devoid of excesses.
8. Describe Mrs. Linde’s attitude towards Dr. Rank in this excerpt. (2marks)
   • She is critical/condemnatory/spiteful/sarcastic of Dr. Rank. She thinks that he is not perfectly sincere.
9. Explain Nora’s voice at the end of this excerpt (2marks)
   • Conceited/exultant/boastful/arrogant voice. She talks of how much Torvald possesses her jealously
   • Ironic voice. That Torvald is absurdly fond her yet there are things she can only share with Dr. Rank and not Torvald.
10. What does the word ‘dainty’ mean in this excerpt (1mark)
    • Beautiful/Charming/Exquisite/Lovely/Neat/Elegant.

Excerpt 31

Read the exerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
MrsLinde : (rising) There is the bell; perhaps I had better go.
Nora : No, don’t go; no one will come in here; it is sure to be for Torvald.
Servant : (at the hall door) Excuse me, ma’am - there is a gentleman to see the master, and as the doctor is with him -
Nora : Who is it?
Krogstad :(at the door) It is I, Mrs. Helmer. (Mrs. LINDE starts, trembles, and turns to the window.)
Nora : (takes a step towards him, and speaks in a strained, low voice) You? What is it? What do you want to see my husband about?
Krogstad : Bank business - in a way. I have a small post in the Bank, and I hear your husband is to be our chief now -
Nora : Then it is -
Krogstad : Nothing but dry business matters, Mrs. Helmer; absolutely nothing else.
Nora : Be so good as to go into the study, then. (She bows indifferently to him and shuts the door into the hall; then comes back and makes up the fire in the stove.)
Mrs. Linde : Nora - who was that man?
Nora : A lawyer, of the name of Krogstad.
Mrs. Linde : Then it really was he.
Nora : Do you know the man?
Mrs. Linde : I used to - many years ago. At one time he was a solicitor’s clerk in our town.
Nora : Yes, he was.
Mrs. Linde : He is greatly altered.
Nora: He made a very unhappy marriage.
Mrs. Linde : He is a widower now, isn’t he?
Nora : With several children. There now, it is burning up. (shuts the door of the stove and moves the rocking - chair aside)
Mrs. Linde : They say he carries on various kinds of business.
Nora : Rally! Perhaps he does; I don’t know anything about it. But don’t let us think of business; it is so tiresome.
Doctor Rank : (comes out of HELMER’S study, before he shuts the door he call to him) No, my dear fellow, I won’t disturb you; I would rather go in to your wife for a little while. (shuts the door and sees Mrs. Linde) I beg you pardon; I am afraid I am disturbing you too.
Nora : No, not at all. (introducing him) Doctor Rank, Mrs. Linde.
Rank : I have often heard Mrs. Linde’s name mentioned here. I think I passed you on the stairs when I arrived, Mrs. Linde?
Mrs. Linde : Yes, I go up very slowly; I can’t manage stairs well.
Rank : Ah! Some slight internal weakness?
Mrs. Linde : No, the fact is I have been overworking myself.
Rank : Nothing more than that? Then I suppose you have come to town to amuse yourself with our entertainments?
Mrs. Linde : I have come to look for work.
Rank : is that a good cure for overwork?
Mrs. Linde : One must live, Doctor Rank.
Rank : Yes, the general opinion seems to be that it is necessary.
Nora : Look here, Doctor Rank - you know you want to live.
Rank : Certainly. However wretched I may feel, I want to prolong the agony as long as possible. All my patients are like that. And so are those who are morally diseased; one of them, and a bad case too, is at this very moment withHelmer -
Mrs. Linde : (sadly) Ah!

Questions

1. What had happened just before this excerpt? (3mks)
2. From your knowledge of this play, briefly explain why both Mrs. Linde and Nora appear startled by the appearance of Krogstad. (4mks)
3. He is greatly altered. (Add a question tag) (1mk)
4. Identify and briefly describe any two character traits of Krogstad as revealed in this extract. (2mks)
5. Discuss any two thematic concerns raised in this exerpt. (4mks)
6. “I have often heard your name mentioned here.” what does this statement reveal about Dr. Rank? (2mks)
7. Describe the irony in Mrs. Linde’s statement that “I have come to look for work.” (2mks)
8. Explain what Dr. Rank means by the statement, ‘However wretched I may feel I want to prolong the agony as long as possible”. Base your answer on what is revealed later. (3mks)
9. Explain what is meant by the following words and expressions as used in the extract. (4mks)
   1. Slight internal weakness
   2. Agony
   3. Wretched
   4. Morally diseased

Excerpt 32

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.

Nora: Tell me what purpose you mean to put it to.
Krogstad : I shall only preserve it – to keep it in my possession . No one who is not concerned in the matter shall have the slightest hint of it. So that if the thought of it has driven you to any desperate resolution -
Nora: It has.
Krogstad: If you had it in your mind to run away from your home -
Nora: I had.
Krogstad: Or even something worse -
Nora: How could you know that?
Krogstad: Give up the idea.
Nora: How did you know I had thought of that?
Krogstad: Most of us think of that at first. I did , too- but I hadn’t the courage.
Nora: (faintly)No more had I.
Krogstad: ( in a tone of relief) No, that’s it, isn’t it -you hadn’t the courage either?
Nora: No I haven’t - I haven’t.
Krogstad: Besides, it would have been a great piece of folly. Once the first storm at home is over -.
I have a letter for your husband in my pocket.
Nora : Telling him everything?
Krogstad : In as lenient a manner as I possibly could.
Nora : ( Quickly) He mustn’t get the letter. Tear it up.
I will find some means of getting money.
Krogstad: Excuse me, Mrs. Helmer , but I think I told you just now -
Nora: I am not speaking of what I owe you. Tell me what sum you are asking my husband for, and I will get the money.
Krogstad: I am not asking your husband for a penny.
Nora: What do you want, then?

QUESTIONS.

1. What events lead to this excerpt? (3 Marks)
2. ‘I am not speaking of what I owe you.’’ What is Nora referring to? (2 Marks)
3. ‘’Give up the idea. ‘’What is Krogstad referring to? (2 Marks)
4. ‘’Most of us think of that at first. I did,too - but I hadn’t the courage.’’ Basing your answer from elsewhere in the text, compare Nora and Krogstad’s experiences with regard to the above statement. (2 Marks)
5. Describe the character of Nora and Krogstad as brought out in the extract.
   Nora (2 Marks)
   Krogstad (2 Marks)
6. Comment on two issues brought out in the excerpt. (4 Marks)
7. Identify one aspect of style used in the excerpt. (2 Marks)
8. What happens immediately after this excerpt. (3 Marks)
9. Give up the idea. (Add a question tag.) (1 Mark)
10. What is the prevailing mood in this excerpt? (2 Marks)
11. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt. (2Marks)
    1. Lenient………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    2. A great piece of folly………………………………………………………………………………………….

Answers

1. What events lead to this excerpt? (3 Marks)
   • Krogstad visits Nora and tells her that her secret can remain a secret between the three of them. To which Nora says her husband must never get to know anything about it. Krogstad asks her how she would be able to prevent it or if she can pay the balance owing. She responds by saying not at present because she has no expedient to make use of Krogstad then tells her it would have been of no use even if she had so much money in her hand, he would never part with the bond.
2. “ I am not speaking of what I owe you.” What is Nora referring to? ( 2 Marks)
   • Nora had procured a loan through Krogstad to cater for Helmer’s treatment in the south of 250 pounds.
3. ‘’Give up the idea. ‘’What is Krogstad referring to? (2 Marks)
   • Krogstad is referring to Nora doing something worse that is committing suicide as a desperate resolution to the secret being revealed.
4. ‘’Most of us think of that at first. I did,too - but I hadn’t the courage.’’ Basing your answer from elsewhere in the text, compare Nora and Krogstad’s experiences with regard to the above statement. (2 Marks)
   • Krogstad had committed an indiscretion and had thought of committing suicide and running away just like Nora who had committed a forgery and had also thought of doing so.
5. Describe the character of Nora and Krogstad as brought out in the extract. (4 Marks)
   • Nora - Secretive She doesn’t want Torvald to know about the letter . ‘’He meant get the letter. Tear it up!’’
   • Anxious/fearful
   • Krogstad- Manipulative/Perceptive/Discerning - Asks Nora if she had wanted to run away or do something worse.
   • ‘’ If you had your mind to run away….
   • ‘’Or to do something worse…’’
6. Comment on two issues brought out in the excerpt. (4 Marks)
   • Blackmail – Nora is wondering why Krogstad wants to keep the bond and also doesn’t want to ask for any money.
   • Fear – Nora is apprehensive about Helmer knowing about the letter.
7. Identify one aspect of style used in the excerpt. (2 Marks)
   • Letter motif – letter contains the information about Nora’s forgery.
   • Dramatic pauses - ……something worse- it shows that Krogstad’s character of being perceptive.
   • Idiomatic expression – Storm over…. It shows the magnitude of the conflict.
8. What happens immediately after this excerpt. (2 Marks)
   • Krogstad says he wants to rehabilitate himself and Helmer should help him. He wants to get his job back at a higher position and that Helmer must make a place for him to which Nora responds saying Helmer will never do that.
9. Give up the idea. (Add a question tag.) (1 Mark)
   • Give up the idea , will you?
10. What is the prevailing mood in this excerpt? (2 Marks)
    • Anxious – She answers faintly ‘’ No more had I
11. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt.(2 Marks)
    • Lenient…………easy/soft
    • A great piece of folly……………..lack of good sense/ prudence/ foolishness

Excerpt 33

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow
Nora. Yes, you have been awfully kind about that; but you could just as well dismiss some other
clerk instead of Krogstad.
Helmer. This is simply incredible obstinacy! Because you chose to give him a thoughtless
promise that you would speak for him, I am expected to--
Nora. That isn't the reason, Torvald. It is for your own sake. This fellow writes in the most
scurrilous newspapers; you have told me so yourself. He can do you an unspeakable amount of
harm. I am frightened to death of him--
Helmer. Ah, I understand; it is recollections of the past that scare you.
Nora. What do you mean?
Helmer. Naturally you are thinking of your father.
Nora. Yes--yes, of course. Just recall to your mind what these malicious creatures wrote in the
papers about papa, and how horribly they slandered him. I believe they would have procured his
dismissal if the Department had not sent you over to inquire into it, and if you had not been so
kindly disposed and helpful to him.
Helmer. My little Nora, there is an important difference between your father and me. Your
father's reputation as a public official was not above suspicion. Mine is, and I hope it will
continue to be so, as long as I hold my office.
Nora. You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. We ought to be so well off, so
snug and happy here in our peaceful home, and have no cares--you and I and the children,
Torvald! That is why I beg you so earnestly--
Helmer. And it is just by interceding for him that you make it impossible for me to keep him. It
is already known at the Bank that I mean to dismiss Krogstad. Is it to get about now that the new
manager has changed his mind at his wife's bidding--
Nora. And what if it did?
Helmer. Of course!--if only this obstinate little person can get her way! Do you suppose I am
going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let people think that I am a man to be
swayed by all sorts of outside influence? I should very soon feel the consequences of it, I can tell
you! And besides, there is one thing that makes it quite impossible for me to have Krogstad in
the Bank as long as I am manager.
Nora. Whatever is that?

Questions

1. Briefly explain the events that had taken place before this excerpt. (3 marks)
2. “Yes, you have been awfully kind about that” what is Nora referring to? (2 marks)
3. Why does Nora earnestly beg Helmer to retain Krogstad in the bank? (3 marks)
4. Comment on the character of Helmer and Nora as seen in this excerpt. (4 marks)
5. “And it is just by interceding for him that you make it impossible for me to keep him.” From within and without the excerpt, give four reasons cited by Helmer as to why he can’t keep Krogstad in the bank. (4 marks)
6. Identify and explain one theme evident in this excerpt. (2 marks)
7. From your understanding of the rest of the play, who is Krogstad and Why is he so determined to fight for his small post at the bank. (4 marks)
8. You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. (add a question tag) (1 mark)
9. What happens immediately after this excerpt? (2 marks)

Answers

1. Briefly explain the events that had taken place before this excerpt. (3mks)
   • Upon hearing Helmer coming, Nora sends Christine, who observes she is concealing something from her, to join her(Nora’s) children. ✓1
   • Nora tells Helmer that it was Christine who was helping her put her dress in order. ✓1
   • Nora pleads with Helmer to let Krogstad retain his small post at the bank✓1
     Expect 3 points: 1 mark each
2. “Yes, you have been awfully kind about that” what is Nora referring to? (2mks)
   • She is referring to the favour done by giving Christine a job (post) that was initially Krogstad’s. ✓2 “… it is his post that I have arranged Mrs. linde shall have” pg 58
3. Why does Nora earnestly beg Helmer to retain Krogstad in the bank? (3mks)
   • She does so for the sake of the family because if Krogstad is fired he will end up revealing the secret that Nora borrowed 250 pounds and with it forged her father’s signature. This will in return ruin their marriage. ✓3
4. Comment on the character of Helmer and Nora as seen in this excerpt. (4mks)
   Nora
   • Appreciative✓1: she appreciates the fact that Helmer was kind to offer Christine a job. “Yes, you have been awfully kind about that” ✓1
   • Inconsiderate: she feels that Helmer should fore someone else instead of Krogsttad. ‘but you could just as well dismiss some other clerk instead of Krogstad.”
   • Obstinate/stubborn: “This is simply incredible obstinacy!”
     1 mark for identification, 1 mark for illustration/explanation
     Helmer
   • Patronizing/condescending/chauvinistic✓1: “Is it to get about now that the new manager has changed his mind at his wife's bidding—✓1
   • Self-righteous: “there is an important difference between your father and me. Your father's reputation as a public official was not above suspicion. Mine is, and I hope it will continue to be so, as long as I hold my office.”
   • Principled: ! “Do you suppose I am going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let people think that I am a man to be swayed by all sorts of outside influence?”
   • Decisive: “And besides, there is one thing that makes it quite impossible for me to have Krogstad in the Bank as long as I am manager.”
     1 mark for identification, 1 mark for illustration/explanation
5. “And it is just by interceding for him that you make it impossible for me to keep him.” From within and without the excerpt, give four reasons cited by Helmer as to why he can’t keep Krogstad in the bank. (4mks)
   • He is a principled man and as such cannot work with Krogstad: Your father's reputation as a public official was not above suspicion. Mine is, and I hope it will continue to be so, as long as I hold my office. Pg 58✓1
   • He simply cannot be convinced by his wife to do something: Is it to get about now that the new manager has changed his mind at his wife's bidding—pg 59✓1
   • Krogstad has some moral failings: his moral failings I might perhaps….pg 59✓1
   • He feels that Krogstad will adopt a familiar tone with him making his position in the bank intolerable. Pg 60✓1
6. Identify and explain one theme evident in this excerpt. (2mks)
   • Male chauvinism✓1: “And it is just by interceding for him that you make it impossible for me to keep him. It is already known at the Bank that I mean to dismiss Krogstad. Is it to get about now that the new manager has changed his mind at his wife's bidding—"✓1
7. From your understanding of the rest of the play, who is Krogstad and Why is he so determined to fight for his small post at the bank. (4mks)
   Who is Krogstad
   • He is a man that was jilted by Christine✓1
   • He was christine’s fiancée: Nb Do not accept “Lover”✓1
   • He is the man that loaned Nora 250 pounds
   • He was once a solicitors clerk/ barrister/ lawyer but left the profession to the bank after forging someone’s name/committing an indiscretion
     Expect any two
     Why he is determined to fight for the small post at the bank
   • He once committed an indiscretion and lost his reputation and wishes to regain it through the bank pg 35/36✓1
   • He wishes to remain in the bank for the sake of his sons pg 36 “…my sons are growing up; for their sake I must try and win back as much respect as I can in town,”✓1
8. You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. (add a question tag) (1mk)
   • You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive, can you? ✓1
9. What happens immediately after this excerpt? (2mks)
   • Helmer tells Nora that Krogstad has some moral failings which he might perhaps have overlooked.✓1
   • He also tells Nora that Krogstad is a tactless fellow who lays no restraint on himself when other people are present and as such he can’t work with him because he will adopt a familiar tone with him making his position at the bank intolerable✓1

Excerpt 34

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow (25mks)
Helmer: (Putting his papers together) Now then, Little Miss Obstinate.
Nora:(Breathlessly) Torvald - what was that letter?
Helmer: Krogstad’s dismissal
Nora:Call her back, Torvald!There is still time. Oh Torvald, call her back!Do it for my sake- for your own sake - for the children's sake!Do you hear me,Torvald?Call her back! You don't know what that letter can bring upon us.
Helmer: it's too late.
Nora:Yes it’s too late.
Helmer:My dear Nora I can forgive the anxiety you are in although really it is an insult to think that I should be afraid of a starving quill-driver’svengeance?But Iforgive you nevertheless, because it is such eloquent witness to your great love for me.(Takes her in his arms.)And that is as it should be, my own darling, Nora. Come what will, you may be sure I shall have both courage and strength if they be needed. You will see I am a man enough to take everything upon myself.
Nora:(in a horror-stricken voice)What do you mean by that?
Helmer:Everything, I say -
Nora:(recovering herself)You will never have to do that.
Helmer: That's right. Well, we will share it, Nora, as a man and a wife should. That is how it shall be. (caressing her)Are you content now? There! There! - not these frightened dove’s eyes! The whole thing is only the wildest fancy!- Now you must go and play through Tarantella and practice with your tambourine. I shall go into the inner office and shut the door, and I shall hear nothing; you can make as much noise as you please.(turn back at the door)And when Rank, comes tell him where he will find me. (nods to her, takes his papers and goes into his room, and shut the door after him)
Nora:(bewildered with anxiety, stands if rooted to the spot and whispers)He was capable of doing it. He will do it.He will do it in spite of everything. –No, not that!Never, never! Anything rather than that – anything, whatever it is!(She put her hand over her face, pull herself together, goes to the door and opens it. Ranks is standing without hanging his coat.During the following dialogue it begins to grow dark.)

Questions

1. What according to Helmer makes him insist on firing Krogstad despite Nora's intervention just before this excerpt (3mks) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. what does this excerpt reveal about the relationship between Nora and Helmer (2mks) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Explain what the playwright achieves by making Nora repeat certain expressions in these excerpt (2mks) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Describe Torvald’s character as brought out in this excerpt (2mks)
   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Identify and explain any two Styles used in this excerpt (4mks) …………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. Identify and explain any one theme alluded to in the above excerpt (2mks) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. How does this letter finally expose to Nora her husband's hypocritical nature in their marriage? give your answer in note form (5mks) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Summarise in not more than 20 words the reasons Torvald state for forgiving Nora in the excerpt. (2mks) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in excerpt (3mks)
   1. Quill- driver Vengeance ……………………………………………………………………..
   2. Fancy ………………………………………………………………………………………….
   3. pulls herself together…………………………………………………………………………

Answers

1. What according to Helmer makes him insist on firing Krogstad despite Nora's intervention just before this excerpt (3mks)
   • he fears being ridiculed that he has been swayed by outside influence
   • Torvald’s chauvinist personality makes him feel that his wife should not influence his decisions
   • Krogstad is morally corrupt
   • Krogstad holds those whom he is too familiar with in contempt despite the person's position in the job
   • Krogstad is tactless and lays no strain on himself when other people are present. He can easily embarrass a friend in public
2. what does this excerpt reveal about the relationship between Nora and Helmer (2mks)
   • The relationship is strained. The husband disrespects the wife. He gives a cold shoulder to his wife's request for withdrawal of the letter to Krogstad. He instead sees only his self-importance
   • The husband sees his wife as subordinate to him. He demeans Nora by referring to her as Little Miss obstinate. He expects the wife to go and play through the Tarantella and practice with tambourine. This shows that he does not expect much of the wife.
3. Explain what the playwright achieves by making Nora repeat certain expressions in these excerpt (2mks)
   • The playwright wants to show us how Nora gives her marriage/ family first priority as opposed to Helmer, since she knows that the letter being sent to Krogstad has a possibility of destroying her relationship with her husband and the children. That is why she is desperately trying to retrieve the letter before it reaches the recipient.
4. Describe Torvald’s character as brought out in this excerpt (2mks)
   • Torvald is forgiving;’But I forgive you nevertheless.’
   • He is sarcastic/demeaning; ’Now then Little Miss obstinate.’
   • He is insensitive/uncaring/selfish; He sends the dismissal letter to Krogstad without listening to his wife’s reason against this action.
5. Identify and explain any two Styles used in this excerpt (4mks).
   • There is metaphor;’ miss obstinate.’Torvald suggest that Nora is rude.
     ; a starving quill-driver’s Vengeance.’ A journalist itching to use the media to blackmail their perceived enemies for revenge.
   • There is personification;’ because it is such eloquent were witness to your great love for me.’Torvald imagines that Nora loves and cares for him so much as to worry about what is likely to happen to him.
   • It has Repetition; ‘call her back, ‘it brings out Nora’s desperation to salvage the family reputation.
6. Identify and explain any one theme alluded to in the above excerpt (2mks)
   • Family relations; the relationship between the hammer and Nora is clearly brought out as one where the husband domineers.
   • love for the family; Nora desperately trying to save her marriage.
7. How does this letter finally expose to Nora her husband's hypocritical nature in their marriage? give your answer in note form 5mks)
   • Krogstad responds by putting the bond into Torvald’s letter box.
   • Torvald reads of the Krogstad’s letter and accuses Nora of being morally-corrupt and unfit to bring up their children.
   • Torvald only thinks of the damage the revelation will do to his reputation not caring about Nora.
   • Nora realises that proverb does not actually love her
   • Krogstad withdraws his demands.
   • Krogstad celebrates that he has been saved and tell Nora that he has forgiven her
   • Nora decides to live Torvald with the children so that she does not morally corrupt them despite Torvald’s plea.
8. Summarize in not more than 20 words the reasons Torvald state for forgiving Nora in the excerpt. (2mks)
   • Torvald forgives Nora because she has openly shown great love to him and she is anxious that the letter has been sent.
9. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in excerpt (3mks)
   1. Quill- driver’s Vengeance- journalist’s /write’s revenge or retaliation/ playback
   2. Fancy imagination/ dream
   3. pulls herself together composes herself

Excerpt 35

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
Mrs. Linde: I have come to look for work.
Rank: Is that a good cure for overwork?
Mrs. Linde: One must live, Doctor Rank.
Rank: Yes, the general opinion seems to be that it is necessary.
Nora: Look here, Doctor Rank – you know you want to live.
Rank: Certainly. However wretched I may feel, I want to prolong the agony as long as possible. All my patients are like that. And so are those who are morally diseased; one of them, and a bad case too, is at this very moment with Helmer – 
Mr. Linde: (sadly) Ah!
Nora: Whom do you mean?
Rank: A lawyer of the name of Krogstad, a fellow you don’t know at all. He suffers from a diseased moral character, Mrs. Helmer; but even he began talking of its being highly important that he should live.
Nora: Did he? What did he want to speak to Torvald about?
Rank: I have no idea; I only heard that it was something about the Bank.
Nora: I didn’t know this – what’s his name – Krogstad had anything to do with the Bank.
Rank: Yes, he has some sort of appointment there. (to Mrs. LINDE) I don’t know whether you find also in your part of the world that there are certain people who go zealously sniffing about to smell out moral corruption, and, as soon as they have found some, put the person concerned into some lucrative position where they can keep their eye on him. Healthy natures are left out in the cold.
Mrs. Linde: Still I think the sick are those who most need taking care of.
Rank: (shrugging his shoulders) Yes, there you are. That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house. (NORA, who has been absorbed in her thoughts, breaks out into smothered laughter and claps her hands) 
Rank: Why do you laugh at that? Have you any notion what Society really is?
Nora: What do I care about tiresome Society? I am laughing at something quite different, something extremely amusing. Tell me, Doctor Rank, are all the people who are employed in the Bank dependent on Torvald now?
Rank: Is that what you find extremely amusing?
Nora: (smiling and humming) That’s my affair! (walking about the room) It’s perfectly glorious to think that we have – that Torvald has so much power over so many people. (takes the packets from her pocket) Doctor Rank, what do you say to a macaroon? 

1. Briefly describe what happens before the events in this excerpt? (2 marks)
2. Explain the events that have led Mrs. Linde to look for work? (3 marks)
3. Why does Dr. Rank say that Krogstad is morally diseased? (2 marks)
4. Contrast the character of Dr. Rank and Nora as brought out in this excerpt?(4 marks)
5. Identify and illustrate two stylistic devices used in this excerpt? (4 marks)
6. Why do you think Nora was absorbed in her thoughts when Dr. Rank and Mrs. Linde were talking about Krogstad? (3 marks)
7. From elsewhere in the text, why is Nora excited about Helmer’s position in the Bank? (2 marks)
8. When Dr. Rank hears of the macaroons, he is surprised. Why do you think so? (2 marks)
9. What happens after this excerpt? (3 marks)

Answers

1.        
   • The doorbell rings and a servant informs Nora that there is a gentleman who wants to see Helmer.
   • Krogstad tells Nora that he wants to see Helmer over a Bank business
   • He tells Nora that he has heard that Helmer is going to be the Chief of the Bank.
   • Nora directs him to go to the study where Helmer was.
   • Mrs. Linde asks Nora about Krogstad.
   • Dr. Rank comes from Helmer’s study
   • Nora introduces Mrs. Linde to Dr. Rank
     (Any of these two points 2x1= 2 marks)
2.      
   • Mrs. Linde had lost her husband.
   • She had also lost her mother
   • Her two brothers were all grown and could fend for themselves
   • Her life was unspeakably empty.
   • She had no one to live for
   • She wanted something which will busy her and empty her thoughts.
     (Any of these three points 3x1= 3 marks)
3.        
   • Krogstad had forged someone’s name.
   • Krogstad had gotten himself out of this behavior by a cunning trick
   • He has been able to influence his children with lies.
     (Any of these two points 2x1= 2 marks)
4. Nora is pretentious while Dr. Rank is truthful/sincere – Nora pretends that she does not know Krogstad while Dr. Rank truthfully/sincerely reveals who Krogstad is.
   (Identification of any correct opposite traits for Nora and Dr. Rank = 2 marks, Illustration of each trait, 2 marks)
5.    
   • Rhetorical question – What do I care about tiresome society?/Did he?
   • Dramatic irony – Nora knows who Krogstad is while Dr. Rank is not aware of this fact.
   • Metaphor - … turning society into a sick-house.
   • Ellipsis – is at this very moment with Helmer –
     (Identification of style 1 mark, illustration, 1 mark: 2x2= 4 marks)
6.      
   • Krogstad was aware of the loan Nora had secured from the Bank. 
   • She was afraid Krogstad could reveal the secret to Helmer. 
   • She knew the consequences of the revelation. 
     (Each point, 1 mark 3x1= 3 marks)
7. Helmer is going to be paid a big salary and lots of commissions(1 mark)/They will live quite differently in future (1 mark)/She was relieved because they had been financially struggling(1 mark)/ they will have heaps of money and not need to have any anxiety. (1 mark)
   (Any two correct point 2x1=2 marks) 
8.      
   • He knew that Nora had been forbidden from eating macaroons by Helmer. 
   • He was surprised that Nora was still eating them. (2x1= 2 marks)
9.      
   • Nora tells Dr. Rank that Mrs. Linde had given her the macaroons.
   • She puts a macaroon into Dr. Rank’s mouth and gives another to Mrs. Linde and eats another.
   • Helmer comes out of his room with his coat over his arm and his hat in his hand.
   • Nora introduces Mrs. Linde to Helmer. (Any three points 3x1= 3 marks)

Excerpt 36

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Krogstad: No matter about that.
Nora: What do you want of me?
Krogstad: An explanation of something.
Nora: Make haste them. What is it?
Krogstad: You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
Nora: I couldn't prevent it, Mr. Krogstad. I fought as hard as I could on your side, but it was no good.
Krogstad: Does your husband love you so little, then? He knows what I can expose you to, and yet ventures-
Nora: How can you suppose that he has any knowledge of the sort?
Krogstad: I didn't suppose so at all. It would not be the least like our dear TorvaldHelmer to show so much courage-
Nora: Mr. Krogstad, a little respect for my husband, please.
Krogstad: Certainly — all the respect he deserves, but since you have kept the matter so carefully to yourself. I make bold to suppose that you have a little clearer idea, than you had yesterday, of what it actually is that you have done?
Nora: More than you could ever teach me.
Krogstad: Yes, such a bad lawyer as I am.
Nora: What is it you want of me?
Krogstad: only to see how you were, Mrs Helmer, 1 have been thinking about you all day long. A mere cashier, a quill driver, a man like me - even he has a little of what is called feeling, you know.
Nora: Show it, then; think of my little children.
Krogstad: Have you and your husband thought of mine? But never mind about that. I only wanted to tell you that you need not take this matter too seriously. In the first place there will be no accusation made on my part.
Nora: No, of course not; I was sure of that.
Krogstad: The whole thing can be arranged amicably; there is no reason why anyone should know anything about it. It will remain a secret between us three.
Nora: My husband must never get to know anything about it.
Krogstad: How will you be able to prevent it? Am I to understand that you can pay the balance that is owing?
Nora: No, not just at present.
Krogstad: Or perhaps that you have some expedient for raising the money soon?
Nora: No expedient that I mean to make use of.
Krogstad: Well, in any case, it would have been of no use to you. Now if you stood there with ever so much money in your hand, I would never part with your bond.

Questions

1. Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4marks)
2. What is Krogstad's attitude towards Helmer? Explain. (3marks)
3. "You have some expedient for raising the money soon". Does Nora have an idea on how to raise the money? Explain (4marks)
4. "Yes, such a bad lawyer as I am". What is the tone of this statement? (2mks)
5. "Does your husband love you so little then?" How does Helmer's behavior later in the play bear out Krogstad' statement? (4marks)
6. Describe Krogstad’s character as revealed in this excerpt (4marks)
7. Identify and explain the use of irony in this excerpt. (2mks)
8. A mere cashier, a quill driver a man like me even he has a little of what is called feelings you know. (Rewrite beginning: Even ………..) (2 marks)

Answers

1. Krogstad had been to the Helmers house the day before.(1 mk) The purpose of the visit was to blackmail Nora into stopping Helmer from dismissing Krogstad from his job at the bank.(I mk) Nora is unsuccessful in her attempt to persuade Tovald not to dismiss Krogstad.(1 mK) Krogstad returns to pile pressure on Nora by reminding her of the consequences of her failure(1 mk). By this time the dismissal letter has been given to Krogstad.
2. Krogstad is contemptuous towards Helmer. This comes out clearly in his reference to Helmer as, "our dear Tolvald," and says of him, "It would not be the least like our dear Tovald Helmer to show so much courage." Nora has to interrupt and demand that Krogstad shows a little respect for her husband. When Krogstad says, "all the respect he deserves," he actually means that, in his opinion, Helmer does not deserve respect. . (3 marks)
3. Nora for a long time has been toying with the idea of asking Dr. Rank for help. In fact, whenever she gets desperate about the debt, she imagines that some rich man had fallen in love with her and that this man dies and bequeaths her all his property. Dr. Rank is a rich, old, sick and dying man. He visits the Helmers every day and is actually in love with Nora. Indeed, Nora begins a conversation with Dr. Rank, in an attempt to ask him for help with the loan. (4 marks)
4. The tone is sarcastic (1 mk). In describing himself as a bad lawyer, he means to hurt or be unpleasant to Nora. Nora had earlier on described him as such a bad lawyer.(1 mk)
5. When Helmer gets to know about the money Krogstad had lent his wife, his major concern is how this would affect him. His reaction portrays him as selfish.(1 mk) He insults his wife, calls her a hypocrite, a liar and a criminal. This is not the response Nora had imagined.(1 mk)
   She had thought that her husband would take responsibility for what had happened, told off Krogstad and defended his wife. Nora is so disappointed that she ends their marriage (2 marks)
6.      
   1. Krogstad is sadistic, He derives pleasure from hurting Nora. He says that even if Nora paid all the money, he would not surrender her bond. He would keep it so that he can continue tormenting her.
   2. He is disrespectful. He has no respect for Helmer, Nora has to remind him to show a little respect for Helmer.
   3. He is insensitive. He shows this when he says "No matter about that" He does not care whether he hurts Nora and her marriage to Helmer or not. (4 marks)
7. Krogstad tells Nora that "she need not take this matter too seriously"( 1 mk). He is determined to destroy her and her family if she does not grant him his wish yet he tells her she should not take the matter seriously (1 mk). He must mean the opposite,
8. Even a mere cashier, a quill driver, a man like me has a little of what is called feelings you know. (2 marks)

Excerpt 37

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: What right have you to question me,Mr. Krogstad?Youare one of my husband’s subordinates! But since you ask, you shall know. Yes, Mrs Linde is to have an appointment. And it was I who pleaded her cause, let me tell you that.
Krogstad:I was right in what I thought, then.
Nora :( walking up and down the stage) Sometimes one has a tiny little bit of influence, I should hope. Because one is a woman, it does not necessarily follow that_.When anyone is in a subordinate position, Mr. Krogstad, they should really be careful to avoid offending anyone who who-
Krogstad: Who has influence?
Nora: Exactly
Krogstad :( changing his tone) Mrs. Helmer, you will be so good as to use your influence on my behalf.
Nora: What do you mean?
Krogstad: You will be so kind as to see that I am allowed to keep my subordinate position in the bank.
Nora: What do you mean by that? Who proposes to take your post away from you?
Krogstad: Oh, there is no necessity to keep up the pretence of ignorance. I can quite understand that your friend is not very anxious to expose herself to the chance of rubbing shoulders with me; and I quite understand, too, whom I have to thank for being turned off.
Nora: But I assure you_
Krogstad: Very likely, but, to come to the point, the time has come when I should advise you to use your influence to prevent that.
Nora: But, Mr. krogstad,I have no influence.
Krogstad: Haven’t? I thought you said yourself just now-
Nora: Naturally I did not mean you put that construction on it! What should make you think I have any influence of that kind with my husband?
Krogstad: Oh,I have known your husband from our student days. I don’t suppose he is any more unassailable than other husbands.
Nora: If you speak slightingly of my husband, I shall turn you out of the house.
Krogstad: You are bold,Mrs. Helmer.
Nora: I am not afraid of you any longer. As soon as the New Year comes, I shall in a very short time be free of the whole thing.
Krogstand:(controlling himself)Listen to me,Mrs.Helmer.If necessary, I am prepared to fight for my small post in the bank as if I were fighting for my life.
Nora: So it seems.
Krogstad: It is not only for the sake of the money; indeed, that weighs least with me in the matter. There is another reason-well, I may as well tell you. My position is this. I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of indiscretion.
Nora: I think have heard something of the kind.
Krogstad: The matter never came into our court; but every way seemed to be closed to me after that. So I took to the business that you know of. I had to do something; and, honestly,I don’t think I’ve been one of the worst. But now I must cut myself free from all that. My sons are growing up; for their sake I must try and win back as much respect as I can in town. This post in the Bank was like the first step up for me-and now your husband is going to kick me downstairs again into the mud.
Nora: But you must believe me,Mr. Krogstad; it is not in my power to help you all.
Krogstad: Then it is because you haven’t the will; but I have means to compel you.

QUESTIONS.

1. Krogstad asks four questions just before this excerpt. Which are they? (4 marks)
2. For what reasons has Krogstad visited Nora? Refer to what happens in the excerpt and in the rest of the play (3 marks)
3. 'I was right in what I thought, then. ‘what do you think Krogstad thought? 2mks
4. Describe two character traits of Nora as brought out in the excerpt 4mks
5. Rewrite the sentences according to the instructions given after each without changing their meaning. 2mks
   1. If you speak slightingly of my husband, I shall turn you out of the house.(use: unless…………..)
   2. So it seems.(supply a question tag.)
6. Identify and illustrate any two themes evident in this excerpt 4mks
7. ’’Then it is because you haven’t the will; but I have means to compel you. ‘How does Krogstad plan to force Nora to talk to her husband? 3mks
8. Write a word with the same meaning as each one of the following. 3mks
   1. Necessity
   2. Pleaded
   3. Influence

Answers

1.             
   
   • If it is Mrs. Linde he has seen with Helmer
   • If Mrs. Linde has just arrived in town
   • That Mrs.Lindeand Nora have been friends
   • If Mrs. Linde is to have an appointment in the bank
2.                            
   • To plead with Nora to influence her husband to help him keep the job
   • To remind Nora of their fraud
   • To blackmail Nora
3. That Nora pleaded with Helmer to fire Krogstad and replace him with Mrs. Linde
   • Protective-She can’t afford to have Krogstad speak ill about her husband.
   • Bold-She tells Krogstad that she is no longer afraid of him
   • Optimistic-She hopes to be free from the whole thing.(debt)
4. I shall keep/entertain you in my house unless you speak slightly of my husband.
   So it seems, doesn’t it?
5. Themes
   1. Role of women-Krogstad believes Nora can influence her husband to help him keep the job.
   2. Boldness-Nora is bold enough to caution Krogstad against speaking ill of her husband.
6. Telling her about the nature of the money she borrowed him. He reminds Nora of the b
   Details of their business.He tell Nora that when he goes down, Nora too will lose her position.
7.                          
   1. Need
   2. Begged
   3. Power

Excerpt 38

Nora: (shaking her head) You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
Helmer: Nora, what do I hear you saying?
Nora: It is perfectly true, Torvald. When I was at home with papa, he told me his opinion about everything, and so I had the same opinions; and if I differed from him I concealed the fact, because he would not have like it. He called me his doll-child, and he played with me just as I used to play with my dolls. And when I came to live with you –
Helmer: what sort of an expression is that to use about our marriage?
Nora: (undisturbed) I mean that I was simply transferred from papa’s hands into yours. You arranged everything according to your own taste, and so I got the same tastes as yours or else I pretended to, I am really not quite sure which – I think sometimes the one and sometimes the other. When I look back on it, it seems to me as if I had been living here like a poor woman – just from hand to mouth. I have existed merely to perform tricks for you, Torvald. But you would have it so. You and papa have committed a great sin against me. It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life.
Helmer: How unreasonable and how ungrateful you are, Nora! Have you not been happy here?
Nora: No, I have never been happy . I thought I was, but, it has never really been so.
Helmer: Not – not happy!
Nora: No, only merry. And you have always been so kind to me. But our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been you doll-wife, just as at home I was papa’s doll-child; ad here the children have been my dolls. I thought it great fun when you played with me, just as they thought it great fun when I played with them. that is what our marriage has been, Torvald.
Helmer: There is some truth in what you say – exaggerated and strained as your view of it is. But for the future it shall be different. Playtime shall be over, and lesson-time shall begin.
Nora: Whose lessons? Mine, or the children’s?
Helmer: Both yours and the children’s , my darling Nora.
Nora: Alas, Torvald, you are not the man to educate me into being a proper wife for you.
Helmer: And you can say that!
Nora: And I – how am I fitted to bring up the children?
Helmer: Nora!
Nora: Didn't you say so yourself a little while ago — that you dare not trust me to bring them up?
Helmer: In a moment of anger! Why do you pay any heed to that?
Nora: Indeed, you were perfectly right. I am not fit for the task. There is another task I must undertake first. I must try and educate myself – you are not the man to help me in that. I must do that for myself. And that is why I am going to leave you now.
Helmer: (springing up) What do you say?
Nora: I must stand quite alone, if I am to understand myself and everything about me. It is for that reason that I cannot remain with you any longer.
Helmer: Nora, Nora!
Nora: I am going away from here now, at once. I am sure Christine will take me in for the night –

Questions:

1. Why is Nora shaking her head? 2mks
2. Describe Helmers attitude towards Nora as brought out in this excerpt 2mks
3. How is Helmer depicted in this excerpt? 2mks
4. Explain two major themes brought out in this excerpt 4mks
5. Describe the tone of Nora as evident in this passage 2mks
6. Stating the effectiveness, explain one stylistic device employed in the excerpt 2mks
7. Contrast Nora and Helmer’s views of happiness 4mks
8. Explain two roles of Christine in this play? 4mks
9. What happens immediately after this excerpt 3mks

Answers

1. Why is Nora shaking her head? 2mks
   • To refute/disagree √1mk with the claim/assertion by Helmer that he and her father really loved her more than anyone else in the world √1mk
2. Describe Helmers attitude towards Nora as brought out in this excerpt 2mks
   • Helmer has a condescending/ superior/disdainful/patronizing/disrespectful √1mk attitude towards Nora.  This is evident in the way he addresses her, either in disbelief, anger or exclaiming. eg “And you can say that!” ; (springing up) “What do you say?”; “Nora, Nora!”√1mk
3. How is Helmer depicted in this excerpt? 2mks
   • Helmer is depicted as kind “And you have always been so kind to me.”
   • He is shifty/inconsistent  “Didn’t you say so yourself a little while ago --”
   • He is ignorant/naive “No, I have never been happy.”
     Any other plausible answer based on this extract
     A trait (adjective) √1mk and its illustration √1mk
4. Explain two major themes brought out in this excerpt 4mks
   • Ignorance/naivety  - Helmer does not know the true standing of their marriage
   • Emancipation -Nora has understood her true standing in the marriage and is ready to deal with the reality/situation “I must try and educate myself”
   • Conflict/misunderstanding - between Nora and Helmer, in relation to the state of their marriage and views of happiness “No, only merry”
     Any other plausible answer based on this extract
     Accept any two well-illustrated  answer 4mks
5. Describe the tone of Nora as evident in this passage 2mks
   • Nora has a controlled/calm/composed/measured tone despite the fact she is speaking to very pertinent and emotive issue/ despite Helmers frequent outbursts “(Undisturbed) I mean I was simply transferred...”
6. Stating the effectiveness, explain one stylistic device employed in the excerpt 2mks
   • Metaphor: Helmer and Nora’s home is said to be a playroom.  This clearly helps one get a clear mental picture of the inequality within this marriage, where one (Nora) is viewed as an object of pleasure by the other (Helmer).
7. Contrast Nora and Helmer’s views of happiness as brought out in the excerpt 4mks
   • Nora views happiness as happiness only if she is treated as a person/individual with feelings/ opinions while Helmer views happiness as present as long as one’s material needs are taken care of. 
     Any other plausible answer but must have a connector/conjunction of contrast.
8. Explain two roles of Christine in the play? (not tied to the excerpt) 4mks
   • Development of the plot - it is she who makes Nora reveal her secret, which is what propels the rising action of the story, (any other evidence)
   • Devepment of themes - confession, admit her past fault in the past and seeks reunion with Krogstad; tells Krogstad not to withdraw the letter to Nora so that she and Helmer can confront the issues in their life
   • Development of style - irony, when she says she has come to look for work and Dr Rank wonders whether work is the cure for overwork, which she earlier claimed to have
   • Developement of other character - we learn that Nora is not as naive as she appears because of her interaction with Christine, who makes her reveal her secret thus portraying her as knowledgeable even on financial matters
9. What happens immediately after this excerpt 3mks
   • Helmer forbids her
   • Nora does not relent
   • she reports that she will go home next day

Excerpt 39

Excerpt 40

Read the following excerpt and then answer the questions that follow.  
Nora: But it was absolutely necessary that he should not know! My goodness, can’t you understand that?  It was necessary he should have no idea what a dangerous condition he was in.  It was to me that the doctors came and said that his life was in danger, and that the only thing to save him was to live in the south.  Do you suppose I didn’t try, first of all, to get what I wanted as if it were for myself?  I told him how much I should love to travel abroad like other young wives; I tried tears and entreaties with him; I told him that he ought to remember the condition I was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me; I even hinted that he might raise a loan.  That nearly made him angry, Christine.  He said I was thoughtless, and that it was his duty as my husband’s not to indulge me in my whims and caprices – as I believe he called them.  Very well, I thought, you must be saved- and that was how I came to devise a way out of the difficulty…  
Mrs. Linde: And did your husband never get to know from your father that the money had not come from him? 
Nora: No, never. Papa dies just at that time. I had meant to let himinto the secret and beg him never to reveal it. But he was so ill then-alas, there never was any need to tell him.Mrs. Linde:  And since then have you never told your secret to your husband? 
Nora: Good heavens, no! How could you think so?  A man who has such strong opinions about these things! And besides, how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything!  It would upset our mutual relations altogether; our beautiful happy home would no longer be what it is now. 
Mrs.  Linde: Do you mean never to tell him about it?  
Nora: (meditatively, and with a half-smile) yes-someday perhaps, after many years, when I am no longer as nice-looking as I am now.  Don’t laugh at me!  I mean, of course, when Torvald is no longer as devoted to me as he is now; when my dancing and dressing-up and reciting have palled on him; then it may be a good thing to have something in reserve-(breaking off) what nonsense! That time will never come.  Now, what do you think of my great secret, Christine? Do you still think I am of no use?  I can tell you, too, that this affair has caused me a lot of worry.  It has been by been by no means easy for me to meet my engagements punctually.  I may tell you that there is something that is called, in business, quarterly interest, and another thing called payment in installments it is always so dreadfully difficult to manage them.  I have had to save a little here and there, where I could, you understand have not been able to put aside much from my housekeeping money, for Torvald must have good table.  I couldn’t let my children be shabbily dressed ‘I have felt obliged to use up all he gave me for them, the sweet little darlings! 
Mrs. Linde:  So it has all had to come out of your own necessaries of life, poor Nora?  
Nora: Of course. Besides, I was the responsible for it.  Whenever Torvald has given me money for new dresses and such things, I have never spent more than half of it:  I have always bought the simplest and cheapest things.  Thank heaven, any clothes look well on me, and so Torvald has never noticed it.  But it was often very hard on me, Christine-because it is delightful to be really well dressed, isn’t it?
(Adapted from, a Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen, EAEP, 2017)

1. What had Mrs. Linde said before this excerpt to prompt Nora to say, ‘...My goodness can’t you understand that?’  (2 marks)  
2. How did Nora try to convince her husband to go south?  (3 marks)
3. What do we learn about the character trait of Nora from this excerpt? (4 marks)
4. Give reasons why Nora found it difficult to reveal her secret to Torvald. (3 marks)
5. What themes emerge from this excerpt? Illustrate your answer. (4 marks)  
6. Briefly explain how keeping the secret from Torvald has affected Nora. (2 marks)
7. After this excerpt, Nora reveals what else she has been doing to earn money.  What revelation does she make?  (1 mark)
8. From your knowledge elsewhere in the text, how would you describe Nora and Torvald’s marriage/relationship?  (3 marks)  
9. It would upset our mutual relations altogether; our beautiful happy home would no longer be what it is now. (Rewrite beginning: It would both…)   (1 mark)
10. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.  (2 marks)  
    1. Entreaties_____________________________________________________
    2. Obliged ______________________________________________________

Answers

1. That it is imprudent to save her husband’s life without his knowledge.
2.  
   1. She told him how much she should love travel abroad like other young wives.
   2. She told him he ought to remember the condition that she was in/that he ought to be kind/indulgent to her.
   3. She hinted to him to take a loan/might raise a loan   any 1 mark 
3.  
   1. Secretive/discrete – hides the secret of borrowing money.    √1
   2. Loving/caring/compassionate/kind/concerned  – convinces her husband to accept to go south to   save his life.  √1
   3. Judgmental.” With his manly independence loyal/devoted to her family – It would upset.  Would no longer be what it is now “√1
   4. scheming came up with a plan on how to convince Torvald to go south.  √1
      Expect any two well – Illustrated points– 1 mk for identification, 1 mk for illustration.(illustration without identification = 0 )
4.  
   1. Her husband is a man of strong opinions about such things (borrowing money)
   2. It would be difficult for Torvald, with his manly independence to know he owed her anything.
   3. It would upset their mutual relation altogether/our beautiful home would no longer be what it now.  
5.  
   1. Family relations – This passage brings out how Torvald and Nora relate; a marriage full of secrets.  
   2. Family loyalty – Nora, though keeping a secret from her husband is negative, she does it to save the family from breakup, or upsetting her husband.  She wants a home to always be a happy one. 
   3. Male dominance/patriarchy/male chauvinism – Torvald believes Nora is thoughtless for hinting to him about raising a loan/Torvald has manly independence. 
      Any two well illustrated themes. 1mk for identification, 1 mk for illustration = 2x2 = 4 mks
6.  
   1. She has found it difficult to meet her engagements punctually.
   2. She has had to do a lot of savings
   3. She has not been able to put aside much for her house keeping money
   4. She has had to save money given to her by Torvald meant for her dresses. 
      (each point = 1 mk) 
7. She has been doing a lot of copying to make money.  √1
8. Complicated/shallow/unstable/conventional no real depth in the relationship Torvald treats her like a child. The relationship is one sided – Torvald makes major decision, rules and does not consult Nora in most things that touch on the family.  2 marks for the description, 1 mark for illustration 
9. It would both upset our mutual relations (altogether) and our beautiful happy home would no longer be what it is now.
10.  
    1. Pleas/humble requests/appeals
    2. Compelled/required/made/forced/impelled

Excerpt 41

Read the excerpt below then answer the questions that follow (25marks)
Nora: (begins to unpack the box, but soon pushes it away from herself) If only I dared go out. If only no one would come. If only I could be sure nothing would happen here in the meantime. Stuff and nonsense! No one will come. Only I mustn’t think about it. I will brush my muff. What lovely, lovely gloves! Out of my thoughts, out of my thoughts! One, two, three, four, five, six- (screams) Ah! There is something coming - (makes a movement towards the door, but stands irresolute) (enter MRS. LINDE from the hall, where she has taken off her cloak and hat)

Nora: Oh, it’s you, Christine. There is no one else out there, is there? How good of you to come!

Mrs. Linde: I heard you were up asking for me.

Nora: Yes, I was passing by. As a matter of fact, it is something you could help me with. Let us sit down here on the sofa. Look here. Tomorrow evening there is a fancy-dress ball at the
Stenborgs’, who live above us; and Torvald wants me to go as a Neapolitan fisher girl, and dance theTarantella that I learned at Capri.

Mrs. Linde: I see; you are going to keep up the character.

Nora: Yes, Torvald wants me to. Look, here is the dress; Torvald had it made for me there, but now it is all so torn, and I haven’t any idea—

Mrs. Linde: We will easily put that right. It is only some of the trimming come unsewn here and
there. Needle and thread? Now then, that’s all we want.

Nora: It is nice of you.

Mrs. Linde: (sewing) So you are going to be dressed up tomorrow Nora I will tell you what --

I shall come in for a moment and see you in your fine feathers. But I have completely forgotten to thank you for a delightful evening yesterday.
Nora: (gets up, and crosses the stage) Well, I don’t think yesterday was as pleasant as usual. You ought to have come to town a little earlier, Christine. Certainly Torvald does understand how to make a house dainty and attractive.

Mrs. Linde: And so do you, it seems to me; you are not your father’s daughter for nothing. But tell me, is Dr. Rank always as depressed as he was yesterday?

Nora: No; yesterday it was noticeable. I must tell you that he suffers from a dangerous disease. He has consumption of the spine, poor creature. His father was a horrible man who committed all sorts of excesses; and that is why his son was sickly from childhood, do you understand?

Mrs. Linde: (dropping her sewing) But, my dearest Nora, how do you know anything about such things?

Nora: (walking about) Pooh! When you have three children, you get visits now and then from---- from married women, who know something of medical matters, and they talk about one thing and another.

Mrs. Linde: (goes on sewing a short silence) Does Doctor Rank come here everyday?

Nora: Everyday regularly. He is Torvald’s most intimate friend and a great friend of mine too. He is just like one of the family.

Mrs. Linde: But tell me this-is he perfectly sincere? I mean, isn’t he the kind of man that
is very anxious to make himself agreeable?

Nora: Not in the least. What makes you think that?

Mrs. Linde: When you introduced him to me yesterday, he declared he had often heard my name mentioned in this house; but afterwards I noticed that your husband hadn’t the slightest idea who I was.So how could Doctor Rank---?

Nora: That is quite right, Christine. Torvald is so absurdly fond of me that he wants me absolutely to himself, as he says. At first he used to seem almost jealous if I mentioned any of the dear folk at home; so naturally I gave up doing so. But I often talk about such things with Doctor Rank, because he likes hearing about them.

Questions

1. Why does Nora look disturbed at the beginning of this excerpt? (3marks)
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2. Who brought the box that Nora is unpacking at the beginning of this excerpt and why did Nora want it? (2marks)
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3. “Yes, Torvald wants me to. Look, here is the dress; Torvald had it made for me there, but now it is all so torn, and I haven’t any idea-----“
   1. What does this reveal about the character of Nora? (2marks)
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   2. From this statement, describe the relationship that exists between Nora and Torvald. (2marks)
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   3. Identify and explain a stylistic device used in this statement. (2marks)
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4. Cite two things that indicate that Nora is lying about Dr. Rank’s sickness in this excerpt (2marks) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5. Identify two themes evident in this excerpt. (4marks)
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6. Basing your argument from elsewhere in the play, explain what else Mrs. Linde repairs and how? (3marks)
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7. What tone does Nora adopt at the end of this excerpt? (2 marks)
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8. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt.
   1. Dainty
   2. Horrible
   3. make himself agreeable 

Answers

1. Why does Nora look disturbed at the beginning of this excerpt? (3marks)
   • Krogstad had visited her and threatened her with dire legal consequences arising from the discrepancy in the bond she signed when she took a loan of 250pounds to save Torvald. She is also afraid that her much guarded secret might be revealed and this might ruin her relationship with the husband.
2. Who brought the box that Nora is unpacking at the beginning of this excerpt why did Nora want it? (2marks)
   • The nurse brought the box. Nora wanted it so that it can be repaired in readiness for the fancy-dress ball coming up at the Stenborgs’.
3. “Yes, Torvald wants me to. Look, here is the dress; Torvald had it made for me there, but now it is all so torn, and I haven’t any idea-----“
   1. What does this reveal about the character of Nora? (2marks)
      • She is /submissive- wants to go by what Torvald wants.
      • She is honest/sincere/truthful- admits that she has no idea how to fix the torn fancy dress.
   2. From this statement, describe the relationship that exists between Nora and Torvald. (2marks)
      • It is a hypocritical/pretentious. She wants to please Torvald by doing what he wants not because she likes it.
      • It is also cordial/warm. Torvald had a dress made for Nora.
   3. Identify and explain a stylistic device used in this statement. (2marks)
      • Symbolism. The torn fancy dress that needs repair. It symbolizes the pretentious relationship between Nora and Torvald that requires fixing.
      • Suspense. Nora doesn’t say the idea she doesn’t have for the dress…and I haven’t any idea…. This keeps the audience guessing hence heightens the tension in the play.. (1 mark for identification and illustration; 1 mark for explanation)
4. Cite two things that indicate that Nora is lying about Dr. Rank’s sickness in this excerpt (2marks)
   • When asked by Christine how she gets to know about such details, she becomes restless and walks about
   • She also hesitates/stammers when she says that she gets visitors who have a medical knowledge.
   • She gives a flimsy reason- that because she has three children she gets visits from married women who know something about medical matters.
   • It is evident that her reasons are based on gossip- that the women talk about one thing and another.
     (Accept any two well explained)
5. Identify two themes evident in this excerpt (4marks)
   • Love/Friendship. Dr. Rank is Torvald’s intimate friend and Nora’s great friend too.
   • Moral decadence. Dr. Rank suffers because of the excesses committed by his father- that if you live immoral life, it will make your children or relatives suffer too.
6. Basing your argument from elsewhere in the play, explain what else Mrs. Linde repairs and how? (3marks)?
   • She goes all out to repair Torvald-Nora relationship/marriage to make it be premised on truth and honesty rather than pretence. She does so by asking Krogstad not to withdraw the bond so that the truth about Nora’s secret can be known to Helmer. She also insists that Nora should let Helmer know about her much guarded secret.
   • Christine repairs her broken relationship with Nils. She seeks him out, invites him to Helmer’s house, opens up to him and accepts to be the mother to his children.
7. What tone does Nora adopt at the end of this excerpt(2marks)
   • Conceited/exultant/boastful/arrogant voice. She talks of how much Torvald possesses her jealously Ironic voice. That Torvald is absurdly fond her yet there are things she can only share with Dr. Rank and not Torvald.
8. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt.
   1. Dainty Beautiful/Charming/Exquisite/Lovely/Neat/Elegant.
   2. Horrible immoral/corrupt/deplorable/unpleasant
   3. make himself agreeable- try to fit in/accommodating/obsequious/ingratiating

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