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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 die from pneumonia.
(b) He will trip on the underbrush.
(c) He will be attacked by wild animals.
(d) He will fall through the ice.

2. Why does Brand refuse to help the peasant and his daughter?
(a) Because Brand claims the peasant has no soul.
(b) Because he does not know God.
(c) Because he refuses to pay for Brand's services.
(d) Because Brand's son refuses to let him help.

3. What does the Mayor warn Man Two not to do after discovering that his wife has died?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Marry again.
(c) Abandon his children.
(d) Start any trouble.

4. What does Brand say will cause Gerd's church to fall?
(a) The earth trembling because of the choir singing.
(b) The sun and the moon.
(c) Squalls, shouting, and rifle shots.
(d) Nothing- the church will withstand everything.

5. In the opening act, who is with Brand?
(a) A peasant and his son.
(b) No one- he is alone.
(c) His wife and a maid.
(d) The schoolmaster and a clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the peasant willing to pay to ease his daughter's death?

2. Where does Elinar know Brand from?

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

4. As Brand finishes his soliloquy, what falls on the ground next to him?

5. When Brand sees the valley for the first time, what does Brand realize about the land he has just entered?

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