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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 word refers to a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles that one does not really possess?
2. What word means that kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense?
3. 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?
4. Against the objection of some, Aslaksen is named what in Act II Scene 2?
5. Who is the first person who enters as the captain is tidying up in Act II Scene 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. How and why does Peter enter the office in Act II Scene 1?
2. What does Petra bring to the office in Act II Scene 1? What does she remark about it?
3. After Tom leaves in Act II Scene 1, What do Hovstad and Aslaksen discuss about him?
4. What does Billing say of Aslaksen in Act II Scene 1? What is Hovstad's reply?
5. What does the crowd complain about in the beginning of Tom's speaking in Act II Scene 2? How is this assuaged?
6. Who is allowed to talk first in the meeting? What does he state?
7. What does Tom do with Peter's hat and coat in the end of Act II Scene 1?
8. What suggestion about Tom does Billing make in Act II Scene 1?
9. How does Peter filibuster Tom's speech in Act II Scene 2?
10. What does Tom threaten when the crowd attempts to silence him in Act II Scene 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the character of Catherine in the narrative. How is the relationship between Catherine and Tom depicted? Are they happy?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the life and career of Arthur Miller. What did Miller write about his decision to adapt Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People"?
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