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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brand decide to go at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) To the mountains.
(b) To the settlement.
(c) To the ice church.
(d) To the river.

2. Who goes with Brand out into the storm?
(a) The Woman.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) Einar.
(d) Agnes.

3. As Brand finishes his soliloquy, what falls on the ground next to him?
(a) A rock.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A bird.
(d) A bible.

4. The play begins in what country?
(a) England.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Netherlands.
(d) Norway.

5. When Brand sees the valley for the first time, what does Brand realize about the land he has just entered?
(a) It is what he has seen in his dreams.
(b) He has never been here.
(c) He was forbidden to ever return to this land.
(d) It is his childhood homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the valley look different from Brand's memories of it?

2. What is the peasant not willing to give up to ease his daughter's death?

3. Why can't Brand and the Woman go back the way she has come?

4. What does Brand call his childhood home?

5. What does the peasant's son fear they will encounter if they continue on their journey?

(see the answer key)

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