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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 separates Peter and Tom when they almost come to blows in Act I Scene 2?

2. Where is Tom employed as an adviser?

3. In Act I Scene 1, the mayor boasts that new medicinal bath center will be as popular as those where?

4. In Act I Scene 2, when Tom vows to stand up for his findings, Peter warns him that he will see to it that what?

5. In what year did Arthur Miller's adaptation of "An Enemy of the People" premiere?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Tom and Hovstad share over the society in Act I Scene 2?

2. What does Hovstad note about Aslaksen in Act I Scene 2? What does Hovstad intend to do when he departs?

3. What does Tom allude to in Act I Scene 1 that implies the coming problems?

4. What does Tom tell Hovstad to do regarding the report in Act I Scene 1? What is the immediate reaction to the news?

5. With whom did Peter have a discussion about the issue in Act I Scene 2? What was the conclusion?

6. What is Peter's initial response to the report in Act I Scene 2?

7. Discuss the truth in Act I Scene 2. How does the playwright establish "the truth" in the narrative?

8. What argument do Peter and Catherine have in Act I Scene 1?

9. What does Tom assert of Peter's views in Act I Scene 1?

10. Who stops by Tom's residence first in Act I Scene 2? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Petra and Tom Stockmann. What similarities do they share? What differences?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the finances of both the paper and the baths. Do either or both rely on taxpayer money? What is the principle source of revenue of each?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of the print media in the narrative. What is the playwright suggesting about our own society and culture?

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