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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. What does Catherine wonder about the people outside in the beginning of Act II Scene 2?

2. How does Peter enter in Act II Scene 1?

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

4. What does Hovstad call Tom during his speech in Act II Scene 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Tom do with Peter's hat and coat in the end of Act II Scene 1?

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

Why did Ibsen (and Miller) include the character of Captain Horster? What role does Horster play in the narrative?

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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