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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 II Scene 2, Peter warns who that he could have them arrested for posting a large sign on the town hall?
(a) Petra.
(b) Tom.
(c) Captain Horster.
(d) Catherine.

2. Tom leaves the office after speaking with Hovstad in Act II Scene 1 because who is waiting for him?
(a) Peter.
(b) A patient.
(c) Petra.
(d) Catherine.

3. What slang term used by Billings refers to someone who is cowardly or afraid?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Swarthy.
(c) Sallow.
(d) Suckling.

4. What refers to a form of government in which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Theocracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) Democracy.

5. Where was Jesus crucified?
(a) London.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Bethlehem.
(d) Calvary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act II Scene 1, Billing is exhilarated because he claims this could be the day what?

2. What refers to someone radically new or innovative who stands for revolt?

3. What word means that kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense?

4. In Act II Scene 1, Aslaksen refuses to print the report as a what?

5. Given little other options, in the end of Act II Scene 1, Tom vows to do what to spread the truth about the water system?

Short Essay Questions

1. What argument do Hovstad and Peter have in Act II Scene 1?

2. What does Petra bring to the office in Act II Scene 1? What does she remark about it?

3. What solution to the problem does Peter supply in Act II Scene 1?

4. What does Tom do with Peter's hat and coat in the end of Act II Scene 1?

5. What does Tom tell Hovstad to do when he enters in Act II Scene 1? Why?

6. What is Billing doing in the beginning of Act II Scene 1? Who is he with?

7. What does Peter inform Aslaksen and the others in the office about taxation in Act II Scene 1? What is the response?

8. What does Tom response when several in the crowd call him a revolutionist in Act II Scene 2?

9. What suggestion about Tom does Billing make in Act II Scene 1?

10. How does Tom describe to the crowd his objectives in bringing the springs to town in Act II Scene 2?

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