DH2.Questions+1-5

**1. What is tormenting Nora as Act II opens?**  She is afraid that Krogstad will reveal that she has commited forgery to Helmer and thus destroy her world of carefully crafted lies. Therefore she constantly check whether something was dropped in Helmer's letter box. She fluctuates between thinking that Krogstad will be over any minute to bring her crime to light, and feeling that "he can't really have meant it"(181).

**2. What fears does she reveal as she talks to the nurse?**  She is afraid that is she leaves her children are going to forget about her”Do you think they’d forget their mamma if she went away altogether?” (182)

**3. What is significant about Nora’s account of Doctor Rank’s disease?**

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Nora tells Mrs. Linde that Dr. Rank is “really very ill,” (p 183) because he has consumption of the spine due to his father’s careless lifestyle., and also that Dr. Rank has “been delicate all his life.” (p 184). These descriptions suggests that Dr. Rank has lived a painful life and that he is dying day by day, and also reveals Nora’s deep pity for him, both of which help to explain Dr. Rank’s desperation when he later admits his true feelings for Nora. Nora's belief that Dr. Rank's father's lifestyle led to his son's disease is also an example of naturalism, which was common in plays written in the late 19th century. ======

**4. What has Mrs. Linde concluded about the source of the loan?**  Mrs. Linde has concluded that Nora received the loan from Dr. Rank. Earlier, in act one, Nora had been very secretive with Mrs. Linde as to the source of the loan, once saying that she "might have got it from some admirer or other..." (160). Soon after this, Dr. Rank enters the scene from Helmer's room and introduces himelf to Mrs. Linde. In act two, Mrs. Linde stops by the Helmer home again and they eventually get on the topic of Dr. Rank. Kristina warns Nora to "stop all this with Dr. Rank" (184) and she brings up how Nora talked "about a rich admirer who was going to bring you money..." (184), after which she asks a series of questions about Dr. Rank, such as "Is Dr.Rank rich?" (185). Mrs. Linde finally makes her point clear through asking "Do you (Nora) think that I don't know whom you borrowed that twelve hundred dollars from?" (185), implying that Mrs. Linde believes Nora received the loan from Dr. Rank.

**5. What is Nora’s reaction?** Nora is incredulous, asking Kristina if she “had gone completely mad” (185), being completely surprised by Kristina’s inference at the source of the loan. Nora is not defensive but rather counters with aggression, accusing Kristina of being unreasonable and disrespecting her as a friend.

DH2.Questions 6-10