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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 in Act II Scene 1 wants the article limited to the current matter and is not in favor of going after the entire city administration?
2. What does Catherine wonder about the people outside in the beginning of Act II Scene 2?
3. Who is the first person who enters as the captain is tidying up in Act II Scene 2?
4. Who enters the newspaper office with a book that Hovstad asked to be translated for publication in the newspaper in Act II Scene 1?
5. Tom discusses in Act II Scene 2 the fact that Galileo was brought to his knees for teaching what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What suggestion about Tom does Billing make in Act II Scene 1?
2. How and why does Peter enter the office in Act II Scene 1?
3. How does Tom describe to the crowd his objectives in bringing the springs to town in Act II Scene 2?
4. What does Billing say of Aslaksen in Act II Scene 1? What is Hovstad's reply?
5. What does Petra bring to the office in Act II Scene 1? What does she remark about it?
6. What does Peter promise the town if the springs remain? What if they are taken away?
7. Where does Act II Scene 2 begin? Why is Horster a part of the assembly?
8. What is Billing doing in the beginning of Act II Scene 1? Who is he with?
9. What solution to the problem does Peter supply in Act II Scene 1?
10. What conversation does Catherine have with Horster and Billing in the beginning of Act II Scene 2?
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
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"?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the correlation between the environmental debate in the play and our society today. How might the play reflect events such as the BP Oil Spill or Global Warming?
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