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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Act I Scene 2?
(a) Kirten Springs.
(b) Tom Stockmann's residence.
(c) The Mayors office.
(d) The Kirsten Springs Institute.

3. Catherine stuns Tom and Petra in Act I Scene 2 when she says, "What good is truth, without" what?
(a) Discretion.
(b) Power.
(c) Lies.
(d) Honesty.

4. From whose original work did Arthur Miller adapt "An Enemy of the People"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Henrik Ibsen.
(c) Lewis Carroll.
(d) Charles Dickens.

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

6. 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) Treat the incoming water.
(b) Not show up for his meeting.
(c) Make recommendations for improvements.
(d) Tell them everything is fine.

7. According to Tom, what must be dismantled in order for the population to be safe?
(a) The mill.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The tannery.
(d) The springs.

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

9. Who is the mayor of the town in "An Enemy of the People"?
(a) Captain Horster.
(b) Morten Kill.
(c) Tom Stockmann.
(d) Peter Stockmann.

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

11. In Act I Scene 2, Hovstad claims to have been what his entire life?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Republican.
(c) An underdog.
(d) A bird watcher.

12. Hovstad mentions to the mayor in Act I Scene 1 that the newspaper was running an article written by whom?
(a) Tom.
(b) Petra.
(c) Morten.
(d) Catherine.

13. With whom is Tom on a walk in the beginning of Act I Scene 1?
(a) Catherine Stockmann.
(b) Peter Stockmann.
(c) Morten and Ejlif.
(d) Captain Horster.

14. When was the original play "An Enemy of the People" published?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1882.

15. What is the profession of Tom Stockmann's eldest child?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Ship Captain.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Peter leaves in Act I Scene 2, Catherine reminds Tom that Peter has what?

2. According to Tom in Act I Scene 1, the report confirms that the water contains what?

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

4. What is the name of Tom Stockmann's maid?

5. In Act I Scene 1, Tom announces that the baths which were so costly to develop are a what?

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