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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. Kill.
(b) Mr. Aslaksen.
(c) Captain Horster.
(d) Mr. Hovstad.

2. What did Peter say in his note to Tom in the beginning of Act I Scene 2?
(a) Don't publish the report.
(b) Disregard the findings.
(c) He'd drop by later.
(d) He commissioned his own report.

3. 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) Put them into action.
(b) Critique them.
(c) Filter out the bad ideas.
(d) Fine tune them.

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

5. In Act I Scene 1, the mayor boasts that new medicinal bath center will be as popular as those where?
(a) Carlsbad.
(b) Mammoth.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Springville.

6. In Act I Scene 2, when Tom vows to stand up for his findings, Peter warns him that he will see to it that what?
(a) Tom is discredited.
(b) Tom will never be mayor.
(c) Tom is fired from the Institute.
(d) Tom disappears.

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

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

9. In Act I Scene 2, Hovstad refers to the situation as what and plans to portray it as such in the newspaper?
(a) Very interesting.
(b) A joke.
(c) An epidemic.
(d) A scandal.

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

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

12. Tom claims in Act I Scene 1 that without something to fight for, you are what?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Bored.
(c) Dead.
(d) Passive.

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

14. Who sent Tom a letter in Act I Scene 1?
(a) A childhood friend.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) The federal government.
(d) The local university lab.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist in "An Enemy of the People"?

2. When Peter arrives in Act I Scene 2, he expresses disappointment that Tom did what behind his back?

3. What is the setting of Act I Scene 1?

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

5. Catherine boasts in Act I Scene 1 that Tom literally "invented" what?

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