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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. Hovstad leaves in Act I Scene 2 planning to do what until the report is printed in the paper?
(a) Shout on a street corner.
(b) Test the water himself.
(c) Go to the city council.
(d) Write an editorial.

2. In Act I Scene 1, Petra remembers that Tom warned the town not to build the Springs downstream from what?
(a) A factory.
(b) A pig farm.
(c) The neighboring town.
(d) The tannery.

3. How many pages is the report?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. Who represents small businessmen as well as the Temperance Society?
(a) Mr. Hovstad.
(b) Mr. Billing.
(c) Peter Stockmann.
(d) Mr. Aslaksen.

5. 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 will never be mayor.
(c) Tom is discredited.
(d) Tom disappears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom loves to watch his kids eat since they are the ones who will do what?

2. In what year did Arthur Miller's adaptation of "An Enemy of the People" premiere?

3. In Act I Scene 2, Hovstad says he sees this situation as his opportunity to keep his word in doing what?

4. Peter Stockmann is described as nearing what age?

5. What is the setting of Act I Scene 2?

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