Act III Questions

1. Before Peter Stockmann arrives, how does each of the following react to Dr. Stockman's article?

a. Billing, the assistant editor

b. Hovstad, the editor

c. Aslaksen, the printer

2. What job has Billing applied for? How does Billing explain this action?

3. Why does Hovstad continue to use Aslaksen as his printer when he does not agree with him politically?

4. Why does Petra refuse to translate the English story?

5. What reasons does Hovstad give for printing it?

6. What is the real reason that Hovstad is supporting Dr. Stockmann? How does Petra react to this revelation?

7. What discouraging facts does the Mayor tell the newspaper editors? How does Aslaksen react? What is the crux of the Mayor's article?

8. Why does Mrs. Stockmann come to the newspaper office? What is her attitude towards her husband's article?

9. In the confrontation between the Mayor and the Doctor, what does the Doctor find has happened to the editor's and the printer's support? What is Mrs. Stockmnn's attitude now?

10. What is the final piece of bad news for the Doctor?