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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brand claim made his life more bearable?
(a) His position as Mayor of the settlement.
(b) His mother's love.
(c) Agnes and Alf.
(d) Gerd and the Ice Church.

2. What does the Woman tell Brand her husband has done?
(a) Ran off with a neighbor girl.
(b) Killed a neighbor.
(c) Gambled away their savings.
(d) Killed their child.

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

4. What does Brand claim helping the townsfolk monetarily would be?
(a) Impossible.
(b) A miracle.
(c) A sin.
(d) A pleasure.

5. Where does Brand ask Agnes to go after his mother leaves?
(a) To the funeral he is to preside over.
(b) To the settlement to prepare for his return.
(c) To the mountains to elope.
(d) To cleanse their souls.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do readers find out Brand's mother did to his father while he lay on his deathbed?

4. In the opening act, who is with Brand?

5. What does Brand call his childhood home?

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