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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 to soften or tone down, as in one's beliefs?
(a) Temper.
(b) Fixate.
(c) Stagnate.
(d) Pamper.

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

3. In Act II Scene 1, Peter points out to Aslaksen that the community will be what if the water system is dismantled and rebuilt?
(a) Booming.
(b) Overworked.
(c) Taxed.
(d) Enraged.

4. What does Catherine wonder about the people outside in the beginning of Act II Scene 2?
(a) Why they don't come in.
(b) Who they are.
(c) What they want.
(d) If they are violent.

5. When Tom enters in Act II Scene 1, he tells Hovstad to do what?
(a) Destroy the report.
(b) Print the report immediately.
(c) Edit some of the report.
(d) Give him back the report.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he enters in Act II Scene 1, Peter demands to see the report, promising to help with what?

2. In Act II Scene 2, Tom explains to the crowd that the dream he had for the Springs was NOT to do what?

3. Tom discusses in Act II Scene 2 the fact that Galileo was brought to his knees for teaching what?

4. In Act II Scene 2, Peter promises that if the springs are allowed to remain as they are, within how many years everyone in town will be wealthier, schools will be improved, the population will grow?

5. Who is allowed to speak first at the gathering in Act II Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom threaten when the crowd attempts to silence him in Act II Scene 2?

2. How does Hovstad respond to Petra's questioning in Act II Scene 1? What does Petra do?

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

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

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

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

7. What conversation does Catherine have with Horster and Billing in the beginning of Act II Scene 2?

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

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

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

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