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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. What is the name of Tom Stockmann's wife?
(a) Petra.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Paula.
(d) Katerina.

2. What word refers to a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Devil.
(c) Martyr.
(d) Scavenger.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Act I Scene 2, Tom explains that there is no what but simply a scientific report?

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

5. What aspect of a water system overhaul does Peter accuse Tom of overlooking in Act I Scene 2?

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