Question

Read this excerpt from A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen. Nora [clapping her hands]. No, Torvald, I needn't any longer, need I! It's wonderfully lovely to hear you say so! [Taking his arm.] Now I will tell you how I have been thinking we ought to arrange things, Torvald. As soon as Christmas is over--[A bell rings in the hall.] There's the bell. [She tidies the room a little.] There's some one at the door. What a nuisance! What stage directions does the excerpt provide? Check all that apply. clapping her hands No, Torvald Taking his arm As soon as Christmas is over-- She tidies the room a little.

Answer 1

1. Clapping her hands
 2. Taking his arm
 3. She tidies the room a little
   These are stage directions as indicated in the text by brackets as well as the switch in POV. The brackets indicate a sort of "aside" in the text, aka something unsaid.

Answer 2

Stage directions are the directions that a playwright adds for actors to know what they should do, and how they should behave on stage. Usually, these directions are given in brackets in the text.
Having that in mind, the correct answers are:
- clapping her hands
- taking his arm
- she tidies the room a little