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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. What word means the process or an instance of obstructing legislation by means of long speeches and other delaying tactics?
(a) Ramble.
(b) Filibuster.
(c) Chastise.
(d) Interrogate.

2. What does Tom tell Peter that his cane represents in Act II Scene 1?
(a) The baton of command.
(b) The letter "I."
(c) The needle of a compass.
(d) A fishing pole.

3. In Act II Scene 2, Tom explains to the crowd that the dream he had for the Springs was to provide a way to do what?
(a) Increase revenue.
(b) Stockpile water.
(c) Cure the sick and dying.
(d) Relax.

4. Catherine asks Billing in Act II Scene 2 why he printed whose editorial instead of the report?
(a) His own.
(b) Peter's.
(c) Mr. Kill's.
(d) Captain Horster's.

5. In the beginning of Act II Scene 1, Hovstad tells Billing to lower his voice because who is in earshot?
(a) Aslaksen.
(b) Tom Stockmann.
(c) Peter Stockmann.
(d) Petra Stockmann.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Tom leaves in Act II Scene 1, Hovstad comments to Aslaksen that Tom might prove to be what?

3. In Act II Scene 1, Peter angrily declares that the report is based on hatred of what?

4. Who suggests that Tom be considered an enemy of the people in Act II Scene 2?

5. Which character claims to be a radical liberal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Act II Scene 2 begin? Why is Horster a part of the assembly?

2. What conversation does Petra have with Peter in Act II Scene 2?

3. Who is allowed to talk first in the meeting? What does he state?

4. Who suggests Tom be declared an enemy of the people? What is the crowd's reaction?

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

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

7. After Tom leaves in Act II Scene 1, What do Hovstad and Aslaksen discuss about him?

8. What does Billing say of Aslaksen in Act II Scene 1? What is Hovstad's reply?

9. What does the crowd complain about in the beginning of Tom's speaking in Act II Scene 2? How is this assuaged?

10. What does Peter promise the town if the springs remain? What if they are taken away?

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