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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the peasant afraid will happen to Brand if he continues on the path he is following?
(a) He will be attacked by wild animals.
(b) He will fall through the ice.
(c) He will trip on the underbrush.
(d) He will die from pneumonia.

2. Who is seen at the top off the cliffs as Brand leaves to cross the fjord?
(a) Gerd.
(b) Einar.
(c) The Woman's husband.
(d) Agnes.

3. What does the Man claim Brand has shown the townsfolk?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) God.
(c) Their sin.
(d) The Devil.

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

5. Why can't Brand and the Woman go back the way she has come?
(a) The river has flooded and cannot be crossed on foot.
(b) Her husband is looking for her and has a gun.
(c) The bridge was destroyed by the storm.
(d) A pack of wild animals guards the pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Woman's house, what have the men come to ask of Brand?

2. What does Einar compare Agnes to?

3. What does the Woman tell Brand her husband has done?

4. At the opening of Act 2, Scene One, what is the mayor handing out to the townsfolk?

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

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