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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like?
(a) Truth.
(b) Law.
(c) Fable.
(d) Opinion.

2. What is the name of the newly constructed medicinal bath center just on the outskirts of the town?
(a) Kirsten Springs.
(b) Karma Springs.
(c) Karney Springs.
(d) Killroy Springs.

3. When Tom enters in Act II Scene 1, he tells Hovstad to do what?
(a) Edit some of the report.
(b) Print the report immediately.
(c) Destroy the report.
(d) Give him back the report.

4. From whose original work did Arthur Miller adapt "An Enemy of the People"?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Henrik Ibsen.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Lewis Carroll.

5. What does Tom tell Peter that his cane represents in Act II Scene 1?
(a) The letter "I."
(b) The needle of a compass.
(c) A fishing pole.
(d) The baton of command.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tom employed as an adviser?

2. Who enters the newspaper office with a book that Hovstad asked to be translated for publication in the newspaper in Act II Scene 1?

3. In Act I Scene 1, the mayor boasts that new medicinal bath center will be as popular as those where?

4. In Act I Scene 2, Peter accuses Tom of _______ the situation.

5. Catherine boasts in Act I Scene 1 that Tom literally "invented" what?

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