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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What aspect of a water system overhaul does Peter accuse Tom of overlooking in Act I Scene 2?
(a) Cost.
(b) Impossibility.
(c) Time.
(d) Raw materials.

3. 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?
(a) Mr. Aslaksen.
(b) Mr. Kill.
(c) Peter Stockmann.
(d) Mr. Hovstad.

4. Who is Tom Stockmann's father-in-law?
(a) Billing.
(b) Morten Kill.
(c) Captain Horster.
(d) Hovstad.

5. Who starred in Miller's premier of "An Enemy of the People"?
(a) Victor Mature.
(b) John Barrymore.
(c) Fredric March.
(d) Cary Grant.

6. Who does Mr. Billing urge to stay for dinner in the beginning of Act I Scene 1?
(a) Mr. Aslaksen.
(b) Mr. Kill.
(c) Mr. Hovstad.
(d) Captain Horster.

7. Who does Hovstad accuse of being cowardly and in fear of standing up to authority in Act I Scene 2?
(a) Mr. Billing.
(b) Tom Stockmann.
(c) Mr. Aslaksen.
(d) Catherine Stockmann.

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

9. What beverages are Tom, Catherine, Hovstad, and Captain Horster drinking when Tom's eldest child enters in Act I Scene 1?
(a) Martinis.
(b) Hot toddies.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

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

11. In Act I Scene 2, Peter wants Tom to agree to do what to the Council rather than provide them with the damaging report?
(a) Not show up for his meeting.
(b) Treat the incoming water.
(c) Make recommendations for improvements.
(d) Tell them everything is fine.

12. After Peter leaves in Act I Scene 2, Catherine reminds Tom that Peter has what?
(a) The Mayor's office.
(b) Incredible wealth.
(c) All the power.
(d) Courage.

13. How much does Peter say an overhaul of the water system would cost in Act I Scene 2?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of crowns.
(b) One million crowns.
(c) Five million crowns.
(d) Seventy thousand crowns.

14. What character in the play shares the most characteristics with Tom Stockmann?
(a) Peter.
(b) Ejlif.
(c) Petra.
(d) Catherine.

15. Peter claims in Act I, Scene 1 that while Tom has lots of good ideas, it takes a person like himself to do what?
(a) Critique them.
(b) Fine tune them.
(c) Put them into action.
(d) Filter out the bad ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Peter say an overhaul of the water system would take in Act I Scene 2?

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

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

4. What department's finding in Act I Scene 2 states that if the overhaul of the water system is necessary, it is not an emergency and can wait?

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

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