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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gerd chasing when she meets Brand?
(a) A dog.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A hawk.

2. Where does Brand decide to go at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) To the ice church.
(b) To the settlement.
(c) To the river.
(d) To the mountains.

3. Brand's mother sends news that she has offered half of her fortune to God. Brand still refuses to go see her. What is Brand's mother's second offering?
(a) 3/4ths.
(b) 9/10ths.
(c) 7/8ths.
(d) All.

4. At the end of Act 3, what does Brand ask Jesus for?
(a) Power.
(b) Light.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Faith.

5. Despite the Mayor's argument, why does Brand deny the Mayor's request?
(a) Brand claims: "A man can't choose his calling's sphere."
(b) Brand claims he is "at war with Nature's stubbornness."
(c) Brand claims: "it's thanks to me the population has made a two, nigh three-fold rise."
(d) Brand claims to still need to "bring some order and cleanse the people's rampant sin."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor compare Brand to when speaking to Brand about Alf.

2. While talking about Alf the Brand, what does the doctor claim that Brand is running from?

3. After the discussion about the townsfolk, what does the Man say to Brand as he leaves?

4. Why does Brand refuse to help the peasant and his daughter?

5. While contemplating staying, who does Brand say will be "born again" in the settlement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Agnes and Brand not worried about the life of their son Alf?

2. Why does Agnes volunteer to go with Brand across the fjord when no one else will?

3. Why does the word "churchyard" bother Agnes?

4. During the conversation between the Dean and Brand before the opening of the church, what does the Dean tell Brand are his obligations?

5. After leaving Einar and Agnes, what does Brand recognize about the valley he has come to?

6. What does Brand's mother have to tell him about her fortune?

7. Describe Einar's description of God.

8. Why does the Mayor need Brand's help in his building?

9. After Brand agrees that he and Agnes must leave their home, Brand changes his mind. Why?

10. Why does Brand think that the ice-church is unsafe?

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