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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter inform Tom and Catherine which they find in the beginning of Act III?
(a) The report will be published.
(b) They are being evicted.
(c) The townspeople are sorry.
(d) There is a warrant for their arest.

2. In Act II Scene 2, Peter promises that if the springs are allowed to remain as they are, within how many years everyone in town will be wealthier, schools will be improved, the population will grow?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

3. In Act II Scene 2, Tom claims that what is never right until it does right?
(a) The public.
(b) The minority.
(c) The government.
(d) The majority.

4. What does Hovstad call Tom during his speech in Act II Scene 2?
(a) A juvenile.
(b) An aristocrat.
(c) A murderer.
(d) A traitor.

5. In Act III, Tom declares he will establish a new school where he and who will teach children to be free and independent people?
(a) Peter.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Petra.
(d) Captain Horster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent Tom a letter in Act I Scene 1?

2. Where did Arthur Miller's adaptation of "An Enemy of the People" first open?

3. What beverages are Tom, Catherine, Hovstad, and Captain Horster drinking when Tom's eldest child enters in Act I Scene 1?

4. In Act II Scene 2, Tom explains that he had to hold a lecture since no one would rent him what?

5. In Act III, Tom assures Catherine that those who fight for the truth are often ____ but they are made stronger because of their struggle.

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