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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the boys come home from school and sense that their parents are in the middle of a conflict in Act I Scene 2, Tom tells them that he will be teaching them what?
(a) What a man is.
(b) What the truth is.
(c) How the world works.
(d) The definition of corruption.

2. With whom is Tom on a walk in the beginning of Act I Scene 1?
(a) Captain Horster.
(b) Peter Stockmann.
(c) Morten and Ejlif.
(d) Catherine Stockmann.

3. In Act I Scene 2, Hovstad refers to the situation as what and plans to portray it as such in the newspaper?
(a) A joke.
(b) A scandal.
(c) An epidemic.
(d) Very interesting.

4. What is the name of Tom Stockmann's eldest child?
(a) Martha.
(b) Sally.
(c) Paula.
(d) Petra.

5. What does Peter say would plummet if the report were to be released in Act I Scene 2?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Outsourcing.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is convinced that Tom is trying to pull a fast one on his brother and assumes the entire story is a joke in Act I Scene 2?

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. What word refers to a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust?

4. After Peter leaves in Act I Scene 2, Catherine reminds Tom that Peter has what?

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

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