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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. When was the original play "An Enemy of the People" published?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1891.

2. Catherine is concerned that what will suffer if Tom has a public fight with Peter in Act I Scene 2?
(a) The family.
(b) The Institute.
(c) The environment.
(d) The town.

3. In Act I Scene 2, when Tom vows to stand up for his findings, Peter warns him that he will see to it that what?
(a) Tom is fired from the Institute.
(b) Tom is discredited.
(c) Tom disappears.
(d) Tom will never be mayor.

4. Catherine enters after Tom in Act II Scene 1 and demands that he do what?
(a) Come home immediately.
(b) Go to work.
(c) Talk to his brother.
(d) Forget the report.

5. What beverages are Tom, Catherine, Hovstad, and Captain Horster drinking when Tom's eldest child enters in Act I Scene 1?
(a) Hot toddies.
(b) Wine.
(c) Martinis.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Billing urge to stay for dinner in the beginning of Act I Scene 1?

2. In Act I Scene 2, Peter wants Tom to agree to do what to the Council rather than provide them with the damaging report?

3. In the beginning of Act II Scene 1, Hovstad comments that even who will be rebelling if the Mayor rejects the report that calls for reconstruction of the water supply system?

4. Who is the editor of the The People's Daily Messenger?

5. Catherine stuns Tom and Petra in Act I Scene 2 when she says, "What good is truth, without" what?

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