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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brand informs the Mayor of his own plans to build. Initially, what does the Mayor say about Brand's plans?
(a) He supports him completely.
(b) He refuses to believe that Brand could accomplish the task.
(c) He tells Brand to go ahead and see who finishes first.
(d) He says two building projects will not work.

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

3. The mayor comes to visit Brand claiming that he has been beaten. Why has Brand won the war?
(a) The mayor is sick and cannot continue the battle.
(b) Brand now holds the majority.
(c) Brand has killed all of the mayor's followers.
(d) Brand has a bigger church.

4. At the end of Act 3, what does Brand ask Jesus for?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Power.
(c) Light.
(d) Faith.

5. While contemplating staying at the settlement, who finds Brand on the shore?
(a) Gerd.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) The Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proverb does Agnes speak of as she is talking to Brand about his convictions?

2. At the beginning of Act 4, what do readers find out has happened to Alf?

3. As the squall hits the fjord, what do the townsfolk threaten Brand with?

4. According to Brand during his initial talk with the Dean, what must new houses find?

5. Agnes has a vision. What does she claim to have seen in this vision?

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