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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. How does Henry reply when Sam asks him what his occupation is?
(a) Henry tells him he is a protester.
(b) Henry tells him he is a carpenter.
(c) Henry answers that he is a writer.
(d) Henry answers with several of the different jobs he has done.

2. When Waldo offers money, how does Henry respond?
(a) He wants to be paid in kind.
(b) He readily accepts his offer.
(c) He has already been paid by being able to listen to his mentor's lectures.
(d) He want to negotiate a salary.

3. Henry and his mother keep talking, and she tells him she does not know who he is. How does he reply?
(a) He is himself.
(b) He is who he has always been.
(c) He has changed.
(d) He is the same.

4. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?
(a) The scale of the American Revolution.
(b) The scale of the Mexican War.
(c) The scale of the Civil War.
(d) A small scale.

5. Ellen says that she has to go home, and Henry delays. Why?
(a) He wants to tell her about John.
(b) He has trouble rowing the boat.
(c) He is afraid of her father.
(d) He finally tells her that he loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Henry applying for work as a repair person?

2. What does Waldo tell Lydian will be interesting?

3. What does Ellen wish about Henry?

4. Why does Henry make this agreement with Ellen before taking her to shore?

5. After telling Ellen about Transcendentalism, what does he invite her to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry say to Ellen when he sees her taking notes?

2. What is the discussion between Henry and Bailey, regarding time?

3. What is the lighting like at the beginning of the first scene?

4. How does Henry become Edward's tutor?

5. Why is Henry in jail?

6. How does Act II open?

7. Describe Henry's negotiations for his pay for working for Waldo.

8. How does the act close?

9. What stops the war action on stage for a moment?

10. How is Ellen supportive of Henry at his brother's funeral?

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