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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While arguing with Brand about the settlement's faith, what does the Mayor say his congregation CAN shed?
(a) Blood.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tears.

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

3. Agnes has a vision. What does she claim to have seen in this vision?
(a) Brand becoming the town's Mayor.
(b) Brand leaving forever.
(c) Brand becoming the town's priest.
(d) Brand walking into the fjord and never returning.

4. What is Gerd chasing when she meets Brand?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A butterfly.

5. After the doctor leaves, Brand has another visitor. The Man tells Brand that he has an enemy. Who does the Man tell Brand the enemy is?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Gerd.
(d) The man.

6. 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."

7. What does Brand threaten to do with his inheritance?
(a) Squander it on meaningless possessions.
(b) Throw it to the winds.
(c) Buy the settlement and become the Mayor.
(d) Give it to his brother.

8. What is the peasant afraid will happen to Brand if he continues on the path he is following?
(a) He will be attacked by wild animals.
(b) He will trip on the underbrush.
(c) He will fall through the ice.
(d) He will die from pneumonia.

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

10. As Brand is waiting to hear about his mother's offering to God, what is Brand afraid God will ask of him?
(a) To marry Gerd.
(b) To leave Agnes, his one true love.
(c) To give up his son like Isaac.
(d) To give up the priesthood.

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

12. For what reason is Brand's mother fearful?
(a) Because she will starve since he forgot to pay for her food.
(b) Because Agnes looks poor and she wishes more for her son.
(c) Because he could have died crossing the fjord and is the only family member she has left.
(d) Because she will be imprisoned since he returned to the settlement.

13. Why can't Brand and the Woman go back the way she has come?
(a) The bridge was destroyed by the storm.
(b) The river has flooded and cannot be crossed on foot.
(c) A pack of wild animals guards the pass.
(d) Her husband is looking for her and has a gun.

14. Gerd arrives just after the Man leaves. What is Gerd saying has happened?
(a) That the mayor has died.
(b) That Brand's mother has died.
(c) The preacher has left.
(d) That she has seen Alf running away through the mountains.

15. What does the Man call Brand when Brand says the mayor has been telling the truth?
(a) A savior.
(b) A shameless scold.
(c) A demon.
(d) A dirty liar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brand claim his mother did in search of fortune?

2. What do the men say happened to the person who previously held the position for which they seek Brand?

3. After the discussion about the townsfolk, what does the Man say to Brand as he leaves?

4. Act Three begins how many years after Act Two?

5. When Brand enters the fjord, why does the Mayor ask Brand for money?

(see the answer keys)

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