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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Brand addresses the men who have come to the Woman's house, where does he say the left eye turns toward?
(a) Hell.
(b) Away from danger.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Dirt.

2. Who is seen at the top off the cliffs as Brand leaves to cross the fjord?
(a) Gerd.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Einar.
(d) The Woman's husband.

3. After Brand helps the Woman's husband, some men from the settlement arrive. What have they brought with them?
(a) Weapons to kill him.
(b) Money.
(c) Scraps of food.
(d) A new boat.

4. What do readers find out Brand's mother did to his father while he lay on his deathbed?
(a) Nothing-she was never by his side.
(b) Suffocated him with a pillow.
(c) Poisoned him.
(d) Searched for his money.

5. The play begins in what country?
(a) Sweden.
(b) England.
(c) Netherlands.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening act, who is with Brand?

2. What is Gerd chasing when she meets Brand?

3. What does Gerd say her church is built out of?

4. What does the Woman need who runs into the town as the squall hits?

5. Who does Gerd threaten when she leaves to go to church?

(see the answer key)

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