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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the woman refuse to go with Brand across the fjord?
(a) She is afraid of dying and her children need their mother.
(b) There is no one to go home to.
(c) Because she does not know him.
(d) She is afraid that her husband will kill her.

2. What does Brand tell the Mayor is his cause in life?
(a) To "cleanse the people's rampant sin."
(b) To "fight until it fill my home with light!"
(c) To insure he has "incited the flock."
(d) To "make a holy-day of labour's six."

3. What does Gerd say her church is built out of?
(a) Trees and flowers.
(b) Rocks and mud.
(c) Branches and twine.
(d) Ice and snow.

4. Why is Brand's mother angry at and scared for Brand?
(a) Because he forgot to pay for her food.
(b) Because he did not leave.
(c) Because he crossed the fjord during the storm.
(d) Because he is with Agnes.

5. Who does Brand's mother wish to take the glare of blinding light away?
(a) God.
(b) Brand.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say Brand and Agnes must do to save Alf?

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

3. At the end of Act 4, Brand makes a statement regarding "true possession's price." What is the price?

4. Agnes claims that she has given all in regard to Brand's request. What has she kept, and therefore, lied about?

5. The Mayor asks Brand of his intentions in Act 4, Part 2. What does Brand say his intentions are?

(see the answer key)

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