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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Act Three, why is Brand anxiously looking out over the fjord?
(a) He is waiting for a doctor.
(b) He is waiting for the ships to come in.
(c) He is waiting for his son to return from war.
(d) He is waiting for news of his mother.

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

3. What is the peasant willing to pay to ease his daughter's death?
(a) Nothing.
(b) $10.
(c) $100.
(d) $1,000.

4. What does Brand tell his mother she must do to repay her debt?
(a) Nothing- she is too far gone.
(b) Give her tithes to the church.
(c) Go to the bank and take out a loan.
(d) Give up everything she has.

5. What news does the doctor bring to Brand as he and Agnes are discussing the weaknesses of man?
(a) The mayor needs him for last rites for his son.
(b) The drought is over and the townsfolk are meeting in the square.
(c) Gerd is dying and needs a priest.
(d) Brand's mother is dying.

6. What does Brand claim helping the townsfolk monetarily would be?
(a) A sin.
(b) A pleasure.
(c) A miracle.
(d) Impossible.

7. What does the doctor say Brand and Agnes must do to save Alf?
(a) Leave his home and find somewhere sunnier and warmer.
(b) Nothing, There is nothing that can save Alf.
(c) Perform a blood transfusion, something Brand refuses because of his religion.
(d) Go to see the voodoo healer in the next village.

8. 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."

9. As the squall hits the fjord, what do the townsfolk threaten Brand with?
(a) Guns and torches.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Stones and knives.
(d) Throwing him into the storm.

10. Who is seen at the top off the cliffs as Brand leaves to cross the fjord?
(a) The Woman's husband.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Einar.
(d) Gerd.

11. During Brand's conversation with the Mayor about his inheritance, what does Brand realize the Mayor is saying?
(a) The Mayor wants him to leave Agnes and marry his daughter.
(b) The Mayor wants him to leave the settlement.
(c) The Mayor wants to confiscate Brand's inheritance.
(d) The Mayor wants him to convince his mother to give all of her money to the town.

12. When Brand enters the fjord, why does the Mayor ask Brand for money?
(a) Because the town is in the middle of a long famine.
(b) Because the Mayor wants to build a new lodge.
(c) Because Brand looks wealthy.
(d) Because a hurricane has destroyed the town.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brand refuse to help the peasant and his daughter?

2. What is the peasant afraid will happen to Brand if he continues on the path he is following?

3. Where is the only place Gerd ever feels safe?

4. 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?

5. At the Woman's house, what have the men come to ask of Brand?

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