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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Brand claim his mother did in search of fortune?
2. Act Three begins how many years after Act Two?
3. What does Brand call his childhood home?
4. According to Brand, what does he tell the Mayor is "the greatest triumph?"
5. Although the Man tells Brand that he has helped the people of the settlement, what does Brand claim is the problem with the people?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Mayor want the people to think about before they leave with Brand? What is their reaction?
2. Why does Brand refuse to take the blame from the townsfolk?
3. Why is the Mayor of the settlement handing out food and supplies?
4. Why does the Man believe that Brand will not leave?
5. Why does Agnes volunteer to go with Brand across the fjord when no one else will?
6. What has changed in Brand's life over the past year and a half (since the end of Act 4)?
7. When Einar finds Agnes with Brand and asks her to leave with him, why doesn't Agnes leave with Einar?
8. What are the conditions of Brand receiving his mother's fortune?
9. Why does Agnes have an issue with how rigid Brand is regarding his God and faith?
10. Describe Einar's description of God.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the relevance of where Brand chooses to live? What natural images appear at his home that are apparent throughout the play?
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the play, Gerd makes a startling statement about Brand. Explain what this statement is and why she believes it to be true.
Essay Topic 3
Consider the following lines: "One day the light will dawn, replete: the greatest triumph is defeat!" (Brand- Act 3, l 592-593). Discuss the comparison that Brand is making. Why is he making this comparison? What is unusual about the comparison?
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