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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act I Scene 1?
(a) Tom Stockmann's residence.
(b) The springs.
(c) The mayor's office.
(d) A church.

2. 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) Stir up the future.
(d) Look after him when he's old.

3. What does Peter say would plummet if the report were to be released in Act I Scene 2?
(a) Outsourcing.
(b) Religion.
(c) Tourism.
(d) Taxes.

4. When Peter arrives in Act I Scene 2, he expresses disappointment that Tom did what behind his back?
(a) Conducted the investigation.
(b) Spent the inheritance.
(c) Spoken with Sarah.
(d) Paid for Hovstad's bail.

5. How old is Ejlif?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

7. Who separates Peter and Tom when they almost come to blows in Act I Scene 2?
(a) Petra and Morten.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Captain Horster.
(d) Catherine and Petra.

8. When the boys come home from school and sense that their parents are in the middle of a conflict in Act I Scene 2, Tom tells them that he will be teaching them what?
(a) What a man is.
(b) How the world works.
(c) What the truth is.
(d) The definition of corruption.

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

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

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

12. In Act I Scene 2, Peter tells Tom that he is concerned about his what?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother-in-law.
(d) Wife.

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

14. 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. Kill.
(b) Mr. Aslaksen.
(c) Mr. Hovstad.
(d) Peter Stockmann.

15. 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?
(a) Water Resource.
(b) Environmental Protection.
(c) Health.
(d) City Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom claims that Peter's views are closed and narrow due to his lack of what?

2. Catherine is concerned that what will suffer if Tom has a public fight with Peter in Act I Scene 2?

3. Hovstad connects everything that's wrong with the town on what?

4. With whom is Tom on a walk in the beginning of Act I Scene 1?

5. Who is Tom Stockmann's father-in-law?

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