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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 thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Radical.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Rebel.

2. In Act II Scene 2, when Tom begins to speak some in the crowd complain that there is no what for the meeting?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Press.
(c) Chairman.
(d) Spokesperson.

3. When he enters in Act II Scene 1, Peter demands to see the report, promising to help with what?
(a) The editing.
(b) The distribution.
(c) The labor.
(d) The spelling.

4. Kirsten Springs Institute is what type of corporation?
(a) Religious.
(b) Public.
(c) Nonprofit.
(d) Private.

5. After Tom leaves in Act II Scene 1, Hovstad comments to Aslaksen that Tom might prove to be what?
(a) The messiah.
(b) A wolf in sheeps clothing.
(c) Insane.
(d) Valuable to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act II Scene 1, Hovstad corrects Peter's characterization of the contamination as what?

2. When Tom returns in Act II Scene 1, he emphasizes again to Aslaksen that he does not want to be treated like what?

3. 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?

4. What refers to a person authorized to examine publications, theatrical presentations, films, letters, etc, in order to suppress in whole or part those considered obscene or politically unacceptable?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How and why does Peter enter the office in Act II Scene 1?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Tom congratulate in the beginning of his speech in Act II Scene 2? What is the response?

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

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