Question

Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.

Nora: You must not think of anything but me, either today or tomorrow; you mustn't open a single letter—not even open the letter-box—

Helmer: Ah, you are still afraid of that fellow—

Nora: Yes, indeed I am.

Helmer: Nora, I can tell from your looks that there is a letter from him lying there.

Nora: I don't know; I think there is; but you must not read anything of that kind now. Nothing horrid must come between us until this is all over.

Rank: [whispers to HELMER] You mustn't contradict her.

Helmer: [taking her in his arms] The child shall have her way. But tomorrow night, after you have danced—

Nora: Then you will be free. [The MAID appears in the doorway to the right.]

Maid: Dinner is served, ma'am.

Nora: We will have champagne, Helen.

Maid: Very good, ma'am. [Exit.]

Helmer: Hullo!—are we going to have a banquet?

Nora: Yes, a champagne banquet until the small hours. [Calls out.] And a few macaroons, Helen—lots, just for once!

Helmer: Come, come, don't be so wild and nervous. Be my own little skylark, as you used.

Nora: Yes, dear, I will. But go in now and you too, Doctor Rank. Christine, you must help me to do up my hair.

Rank: [whispers to HELMER as they go out] I suppose there is nothing—she is not expecting anything?

Helmer: Far from it, my dear fellow; it is simply nothing more than this childish nervousness I was telling you of. [They go into the right-hand room.]

Nora: Well?

Mrs. Linde: Gone out of town.

Nora: I could tell from your face.

Mrs. Linde: He is coming home tomorrow evening. I wrote a note for him.

Nora: You should have let it alone; you must prevent nothing. After all, it is splendid to be waiting for a wonderful thing to happen.

Mrs. Linde: What is it that you are waiting for?

Nora: Oh, you wouldn't understand. Go in to them, I will come in a moment. [MRS. LINDE goes into the dining-room. NORA stands still for a little while, as if to compose herself. Then she looks at her watch.] Five o'clock. Seven hours until midnight; and then four-and-twenty hours until the next midnight. Then the Tarantella will be over. Twenty-four and seven? Thirty-one hours to live.

Helmer: [from the doorway on the right] Where's my little skylark?

Nora: [going to him with her arms outstretched] Here she is!

What evidence from the text supports the prediction that Helmer will learn the contents of the letter? Select three options.

Helmer knows that there is a piece of mail from Krogstad in the box.
Nora looks at her watch and tells herself she has 31 hours to live.
Helmer thinks that Nora is nervous and dismisses her pleas about the mail.
Mrs. Linde fails to find Krogstad so he can take back the piece of mail.
Nora expresses her intention of having a champagne banquet.

Answer 1

The evidence from the text which supports the prediction that Helmer will learn the contents of the letter are:

A. Helmer knows that there is a piece of mail from Krogstad in the box.

C. Helmer thinks that Nora is nervous and dismisses her pleas about the mail.

D. Mrs. Linde fails to find Krogstad so he can take back the piece of mail.

According to the given question, we are asked to show the evidence from the text which supports the prediction that Helmer will learn the contents of the letter.

As a result of this, we can see that based on the fact that Helmer knows that there is a mail in the box and he believes that Nora is hiding something about the mail, so we can predict that he would find out the contents of the letter.

Therefore, the correct answers are options A, C and D