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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act I Scene 2, Hovstad refers to the situation as what and plans to portray it as such in the newspaper?
(a) An epidemic.
(b) Very interesting.
(c) A joke.
(d) A scandal.

2. What word refers to a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles that one does not really possess?
(a) Imposter.
(b) Heretic.
(c) Hypocrisy.
(d) Actor.

3. Catherine enters after Tom in Act II Scene 1 and demands that he do what?
(a) Talk to his brother.
(b) Forget the report.
(c) Go to work.
(d) Come home immediately.

4. From whose original work did Arthur Miller adapt "An Enemy of the People"?
(a) Lewis Carroll.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Henrik Ibsen.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

5. In Act I Scene 2, Peter wants Tom to agree to do what to the Council rather than provide them with the damaging report?
(a) Treat the incoming water.
(b) Tell them everything is fine.
(c) Not show up for his meeting.
(d) Make recommendations for improvements.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent Tom a letter in Act I Scene 1?

2. What does Tom's eldest child bring to him in Act I Scene 1?

3. What does Tom tell Peter that his cane represents in Act II Scene 1?

4. Who starred in Miller's premier of "An Enemy of the People"?

5. In Act I Scene 2, Peter tells Tom that he is concerned about his what?

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