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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 connects everything that's wrong with the town on what?
(a) The bureaucrats.
(b) The church.
(c) The schools.
(d) The wealthy.

2. Who is the editor of the The People's Daily Messenger?
(a) Mr. Hovstad.
(b) Mr. Kill.
(c) Mr. Aslaksen.
(d) Mr. Billing.

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) An epidemic.
(c) Very interesting.
(d) A scandal.

4. Tom insists that Hovstad wait to print the report in the paper until what in Act I Scene 2?
(a) He informs the city council.
(b) The next day.
(c) A second sample is tested.
(d) He talks to Peter.

5. Tom loves to watch his kids eat since they are the ones who will do what?
(a) Grow up someday.
(b) Reinvent the wheel.
(c) Look after him when he's old.
(d) Stir up the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Peter say in his note to Tom in the beginning of Act I Scene 2?

2. What does Peter say would plummet if the report were to be released in Act I Scene 2?

3. In Act I Scene 2, Hovstad claims to have been what his entire life?

4. Who separates Peter and Tom when they almost come to blows in Act I Scene 2?

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

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