Question

read the excerpt from act 2 of a dolls house.
nora: quickly he mustnt get the letter. tear it up. i will find some means of getting money.
krogstad: excuse me, mrs. helmer, but i think i told you just now—
nora: i am not speaking of what i owe you. tell me what sum you are asking my husband for, and i will get the money.
krogstad: i am not asking your husband for a penny.
nora: what do you want, then?
krogstad: i will tell you. i want to rehabilitate myself, mrs. helmer, i want to get on, and in that your husband must help me. for the last year and a half i have not had a hand in anything dishonourable, amid all that time i have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. i was content to work my way up step
what conflict does krogstad introduce?
○ krogstad tells nora that he has written a letter telling helmer about her affair with the doctor.
○ krogstad refuses to forgive helmer unless nora finds a way to come up with more money.
○ krogstad tries to blackmail nora into getting helmer to keep him at the bank by exposing her forgery.
○ krogstad plans to take helmer’s job managing the bank and ruin nora’s reputation while doing so.

Explanation:

In the excerpt, Krogstad makes it clear he does not want money from Nora or Helmer. Instead, he demands Nora get Helmer to keep him at the bank, leveraging the secret of Nora's forgery (a key plot point in A Doll's House) as blackmail. The other options are incorrect: there is no mention of an affair with a doctor, he does not demand more money from Nora for Helmer's forgiveness, and he does not plan to take Helmer's job directly.

Answer:

Krogstad tries to blackmail Nora into getting Helmer to keep him at the bank by exposing her forgery.