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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the mayor of the town in "An Enemy of the People"?
2. What is the name of Tom Stockmann's wife?
3. What aspect of a water system overhaul does Peter accuse Tom of overlooking in Act I Scene 2?
4. Tom Stockmann theorizes that the unsafe water that pours into Kirsten Springs originates where?
5. Where did Tom go to help the poor and afflicted when he was younger?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who stops by Tom's residence first in Act I Scene 2? Why?
2. What does Tom allude to in Act I Scene 1 that implies the coming problems?
3. What announcement does Tom make after reading his letter in Act I Scene 1?
4. What does Hovstad note about Aslaksen in Act I Scene 2? What does Hovstad intend to do when he departs?
5. What does Tom assert of Peter's views in Act I Scene 1?
6. What does Peter assert about the springs in Act I Scene 1?
7. What does Tom tell Hovstad to do regarding the report in Act I Scene 1? What is the immediate reaction to the news?
8. What guests come in as Catherine's father is leaving in Act I Scene 1? What discussion do they have?
9. Discuss the truth in Act I Scene 2. How does the playwright establish "the truth" in the narrative?
10. In Act I Scene 2, what does Tom awaken to? What does he suspect of Peter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"An Enemy of the People" was very popular though it was written out of frustration with drama critics and the liberal press. Why? What did the public think of the play?
Essay Topic 2
Newspapers today pride themselves on their willingness to print the truth. But do they always print the truth? Or do they sometimes bow to the same forces that pressured Hovstad to abandon publication of Dr. Stockmann's story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the phrase "blood is thicker than water" and how this phrase applies in the play. To whom are Peter and Tom each the most committed to in the story?
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