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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brand claims to know the enemy. Who does Brand believe the enemy to be?
(a) Alf.
(b) God.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Himself.

2. What does Gerd wish Brand to do in her church?
(a) Become the priest.
(b) Sabotage the worship service.
(c) Become a member of the congregation.
(d) Try to help her set it fire.

3. When Brand sees the valley for the first time, what does Brand realize about the land he has just entered?
(a) It is his childhood homeland.
(b) He was forbidden to ever return to this land.
(c) It is what he has seen in his dreams.
(d) He has never been here.

4. According to Brand, who must one love first before they can love all mankind?
(a) One other person.
(b) Himself.
(c) God.
(d) A child.

5. Why does Agnes believe "all earthly souls are doomed to fail?"
(a) Because everyone is full of sin.
(b) Because God asks too much of them.
(c) Because no man is willing to give "All."
(d) Because no man is willing to give "Nothing."

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

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

8. After Brand helps the Woman's husband, some men from the settlement arrive. What have they brought with them?
(a) Money.
(b) Weapons to kill him.
(c) Scraps of food.
(d) A new boat.

9. What does Brand save Einar and Agnes from doing?
(a) Falling off a cliff.
(b) Being robbed by gypsys.
(c) Falling over a waterfall.
(d) Being attacked by a lion.

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

11. What do readers find out Brand's mother did to his father while he lay on his deathbed?
(a) Poisoned him.
(b) Suffocated him with a pillow.
(c) Nothing-she was never by his side.
(d) Searched for his money.

12. Who does Brand see sitting on the shore as the Men leave to return to the settlement?
(a) The Woman.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Gerd.
(d) Einar.

13. Where is the only place Gerd ever feels safe?
(a) Running in the mountains.
(b) At home.
(c) In church.
(d) No where- she never feels safe.

14. Who does Brand describe as "well-meaning, plump and debonair, both hands in pocket, quite sublimely like brackets in parenthesis?"
(a) The doctor.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) Einar.
(d) Gerd.

15. While contemplating staying, who does Brand say will be "born again" in the settlement?
(a) Himself.
(b) Eve.
(c) Adam.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is frozen in the ice near Gerd's church?

3. What does Brand threaten to do with his inheritance?

4. Agnes, holding Alf, is watching the conversation between Gerd and Brand. What does Gerd call Alf?

5. What promise does Agnes tell Brand he has failed to keep regarding their life?

(see the answer keys)

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