Question

read the passage from act 1 of the play.
krogstad: i promised to get you that amount, on certain conditions. your mind was so taken up with your husbands illness, and you were so anxious to get the money for your journey, that you seem to have paid no attention to the conditions of our bargain. therefore, it will not be amiss if i remind you of them. now, i promised to get the money on the security of a bond which i drew up.
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: tell me, mrs. helmer, can you by any chance remember what day your father died?—on what day of the month, i mean.
how does the interaction between krogstad and nora create suspense?
○ it provides the audience with the resolution to the conflict that occurs between nora and her husband.
○ it causes the audience to dislike nora for her dishonesty about how she obtained the money from her father.
○ it causes the audience to become anxious about what krogstad intends to do with the evidence he presents to nora.
○ it allows the audience to understand how nora obtained the money she needed to pay for her husband’s medical expenses.

Explanation:

To determine how the interaction creates suspense, analyze each option:

• Option 1: The interaction doesn't resolve Nora - husband conflict, so incorrect.
• Option 2: The interaction focuses on the bond and father's signature, not Nora's dishonesty about getting money from father (the issue is the signature's timing, not the source), so incorrect.
• Option 3: Krogstad brings up the bond with Nora's father's supposed signature, and asks about her father's death date, making the audience anxious about what he'll do with this evidence (like blackmail or expose), creating suspense. This fits.
• Option 4: This explains how Nora got money, not how the interaction creates suspense, so incorrect.

Answer:

C. It causes the audience to become anxious about what Krogstad intends to do with the evidence he presents to Nora.