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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. As Peter speaks in Act II Scene 2, a man in the crowd shouts that Tom should be 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. Who is the first person who enters as the captain is tidying up in Act II Scene 2?

4. In Act II Scene 2, Tom claims that what is never right until it does right?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tom describe to the crowd his objectives in bringing the springs to town in Act II Scene 2?

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

4. What does Peter promise the town if the springs remain? What if they are taken away?

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

6. What conversation does Petra have with Peter in Act II Scene 2?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the term "free thinking" function in "An Enemy of the People"?

Essay Topic 2

Examine and discuss the career of Henrik Ibsen and the original production of "An Enemy of the People". What did Ibsen write the play in response to?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Mr. Kill in the narrative. How is Mr. Kill related to Tom? What is his position within the community?

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