**Helmer:** Stop, Rank; this is sheer madness. Stop, I tell you! [Rank stops playing, and Nora suddenly stands still. Helmer goes up to her.] I could never have believed it. You have forgotten everything I taught you.

**Nora:** [Throwing away the tambourine]. There, you see.

**Helmer:** You will want a lot of coaching.

**Nora:** Yes, you see how much I need it. You must coach me up to the last minute. Promise me that, Torvald!

**Helmer:** You can depend on me.

**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:** 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.

**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.]

–*A Doll’s House*, Henrik Ibsen

Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions.

1. What inference can you make about Nora’s state of mind?
2. Based on the passage, what is the best prediction of what Nora plans to do?