Question

Part A

What is one likely meaning of the symbol of the doll’s house in “The Doll’s House”?



Responses

A creativitycreativity

B social statussocial status

C foolish ideasfoolish ideas

D unpleasantness
Part B

Which of these sentences from “The Doll’s House” best supports the answer to Part A?



Responses

A For, really, the smell of paint coming from that doll’s house (“Sweet of old Mrs. Hay, of course; most sweet and generous!”)—but the smell of paint was quite enough to make anyone seriously ill, in Aunt Beryl’s opinion.For, really, the smell of paint coming from that doll’s house (“Sweet of old Mrs. Hay, of course; most sweet and generous!”)—but the smell of paint was quite enough to make anyone seriously ill, in Aunt Beryl’s opinion.

B There stood the doll’s house, a dark, oily, spinach green, picked out with bright yellow. Its two solid little chimneys, glued on to the roof, were painted red and white, and the door, gleaming with yellow varnish, was like a little slab of toffee.There stood the doll’s house, a dark, oily, spinach green, picked out with bright yellow. Its two solid little chimneys, glued on to the roof, were painted red and white, and the door, gleaming with yellow varnish, was like a little slab of toffee.

C The Burnell children could hardly walk to school fast enough the next morning. They burned to tell everybody, to describe, to—well—to boast about their doll’s house before the school bell rang.The Burnell children could hardly walk to school fast enough the next morning. They burned to tell everybody, to describe, to—well—to boast about their doll’s house before the school bell rang.

D “The lamp’s best of all,” cried Kezia. She thought Isabel wasn’t making half enough of the little lamp.

Answer 1

Part A: B (social status)

Part B: C — "The Burnell children could hardly walk to school fast enough the next morning. They burned to tell everybody, to describe, to—well—to boast about their doll’s house before the school bell rang."