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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At the end of Act 3, what does Agnes offer up to God as an offering?
(a) Herself.
(b) Brand.
(c) Alf.
(d) Gerd.

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

7. How does the valley look different from Brand's memories of it?
(a) It looks larger than he remembers.
(b) He does not recognize the land at all.
(c) It looks abandoned.
(d) It looks smaller than he remembers.

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

9. At the opening of Act 2, Scene One, what is the mayor handing out to the townsfolk?
(a) Bread.
(b) Beans.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

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

11. Where are Einar and Agnes going on their journey?
(a) To the forest.
(b) To Einar's hometown.
(c) To Agnes' hometown.
(d) To the ocean.

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

13. What does Brand call his childhood home?
(a) Widow's place.
(b) Brimstone manor.
(c) The Devil's palace.
(d) God's window.

14. What does Brand claim his mother did in search of fortune?
(a) Abandoned him at an orphanage.
(b) Put her soul up for sale.
(c) Cheated on his father.
(d) Brought prasie to God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mayor warn Man Two not to do after discovering that his wife has died?

2. Who is seen at the top off the cliffs as Brand leaves to cross the fjord?

3. Although the Man tells Brand that he has helped the people of the settlement, what does Brand claim is the problem with the people?

4. Where does Elinar know Brand from?

5. After the doctor leaves, Brand enters his house. What does he find has happened to Alf?

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