read the excerpt from act 2 of a doll's house. mrs. linde: [goes on sewing. a short silence] does doctor rank come here everyday? nora: everyday regularly. he is torvald's most intimate friend, and a great friend of mine too. he is just like one of the family. mrs. linde: but tell me this—is he perfectly sincere? i mean, isn't he the kind of man that is very anxious to make himself agreeable? nora: not in the least. what makes you think that? mrs. linde: when you introduced him to me yesterday, he declared he had often heard my name mentioned in this house; but afterwards i noticed that your husband hadn't the slightest idea who i was. so how could doctor rank—? nora: that is quite right, christine. torvald is so absurdly fond of me that he wants me absolutely to himself, as he says. at first he used to seem almost jealous if i mentioned any of the dear folk at home, so naturally i gave up doing so. but i often talk about such things with doctor rank, because he likes hearing about them. mrs. linde: listen to me, nora. you are still very like a child in many things, and i am older than you in many ways and have a little more experience. let me tell you this—you ought to make an end of it with doctor rank.

how does the conversation between mrs. linde and nora affect the plot?

it has no impact, because doctor rank is a minor character in the plot and is not involved with nora.

it has little impact, because nora and doctor rank only interact with each other in one scene.

it has an important impact, because nora decides that she should leave helmer for the doctor. i

t has a major impact, because it hints at the doctor's feelings for nora and her attempt at manipulation.

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.