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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust?
(a) Devil.
(b) Traitor.
(c) Scavenger.
(d) Martyr.

2. In Act II Scene 1, Peter supplies the most "practical" solution, which is what?
(a) To ignore the report.
(b) The water is corrected gradually.
(c) Tax the townspeople.
(d) Accuse Tom of lying.

3. Tom insists that Hovstad wait to print the report in the paper until what in Act I Scene 2?
(a) He talks to Peter.
(b) The next day.
(c) He informs the city council.
(d) A second sample is tested.

4. Tom claims in Act II Scene 2 that he stands against the conventional wisdom that the majority is what?
(a) Always right.
(b) The weakest.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Strongest.

5. How does Peter enter in Act II Scene 1?
(a) Through the back door.
(b) From the basement.
(c) Through the front door.
(d) From the attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Peter say an overhaul of the water system would cost in Act I Scene 2?

2. In Act I Scene 2, Peter wants Tom to agree to do what to the Council rather than provide them with the damaging report?

3. Who does Hovstad accuse of being cowardly and in fear of standing up to authority in Act I Scene 2?

4. Where was Jesus crucified?

5. Peter claims in Act I, Scene 1 that while Tom has lots of good ideas, it takes a person like himself to do what?

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