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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act I Scene 2, Tom explains that there is no what but simply a scientific report?
(a) Published findings.
(b) Campaign.
(c) Reason to panic.
(d) Conclusive evidence.

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

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

4. 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) Tell them everything is fine.
(c) Not show up for his meeting.
(d) Make recommendations for improvements.

5. Catherine boasts in Act I Scene 1 that Tom literally "invented" what?
(a) Merrimac Springs.
(b) Carlsbad Springs.
(c) Mammoth Springs.
(d) Kirsten Springs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Tom Stockmann's eldest child?

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What announcement does Tom make after reading his letter in Act I Scene 1?

2. What does Hovstad see the situation as in Act I Scene 2? What is his principle personal battle?

3. Discuss the truth in Act I Scene 2. How does the playwright establish "the truth" in the narrative?

4. What does Tom assert of Peter's views in Act I Scene 1?

5. What conversation do Tom and Hovstad share over the society in Act I Scene 2?

6. Who stops by Tom's residence first in Act I Scene 2? Why?

7. Who is Mr. Aslaksen and why does he come by in Act I Scene 2?

8. What does Peter suggest Tom do instead of releasing the report in Act I Scene 2? What is Tom's reaction?

9. What does Tom tell Hovstad to do regarding the report in Act I Scene 1? What is the immediate reaction to the news?

10. In Act I Scene 2, what does Tom awaken to? What does he suspect of Peter?

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