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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. At the Woman's house, what have the men come to ask of Brand?
(a) To be their Mayor.
(b) To be their farmer.
(c) To be their priest.
(d) To be the prision guard.

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

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

4. Who does Gerd threaten when she leaves to go to church?
(a) Brand's son.
(b) The townsfolk.
(c) Brand.
(d) The hawk.

5. What do the men say happened to the person who previously held the position for which they seek Brand?
(a) He drowned in a squall crossing the fjord.
(b) He was captured by the nobels of the land.
(c) He died because of the famine.
(d) He left because they could not pay him enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gerd chasing when she meets Brand?

2. Where is the only place Gerd ever feels safe?

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

4. While contemplating staying, who does Brand say will be "born again" in the settlement?

5. What does Brand call his childhood home?

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