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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Agnes claim came to see her the prior night while Band was away?
(a) Gerd.
(b) Alf.
(c) The mayor.
(d) God.

2. During Brand's conversation with the Dean, what does he claim has deserted him?
(a) HIs courage.
(b) God.
(c) His belief.
(d) His congregation.

3. Brand informs the Mayor of his own plans to build. Initially, what does the Mayor say about Brand's plans?
(a) He refuses to believe that Brand could accomplish the task.
(b) He tells Brand to go ahead and see who finishes first.
(c) He says two building projects will not work.
(d) He supports him completely.

4. According to the Mayor, what day will never come?
(a) The sacrificial day.
(b) The Sabbath.
(c) The second coming.
(d) The day they will be friends.

5. According to the Mayor, what do the people coming to the church NOT care about?
(a) Hell.
(b) Dark.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Light.

6. What word does Agnes hate to hear?
(a) Churchyard.
(b) Gerd.
(c) Death.
(d) Alf.

7. What proverb does Agnes speak of as she is talking to Brand about his convictions?
(a) "He makes his home where the living is best."
(b) "Light the lifting, hard the bearing."
(c) "A drowning man is not troubled by rain."
(d) "A broken hand works, but not a broken heart."

8. What causes the avalanche at the end of the play?
(a) The ice-church sliding down the hillside.
(b) The congregation coming down the hillside after Brand.
(c) A rifle shot by Gerd.
(d) Brand throwing himself off the hilside.

9. While Brand and the Mayor are discussing different building hopes, what does Brand think is needed most?
(a) A lunatic asylum.
(b) A social hall.
(c) A prision.
(d) A dam.

10. Why does the Mayor claim Brand has not won "this" battle?
(a) The Mayor says that he has sabbotaged the path Brand is on.
(b) The Mayor knows his flock.
(c) The Mayor claims to have knowledge of a sin Brand carries.
(d) The Mayor claims to have the upper hand.

11. What happens after Brand closes the church?
(a) The congregation leaves and returns to town.
(b) The Dean begs Brand to reconsider.
(c) The congregation still promises to follow him regardless of where.
(d) The Mayor begs Brand to reconsider.

12. At the end of Act 4, Brand makes a statement regarding "true possession's price." What is the price?
(a) Loss.
(b) Labor.
(c) Hoarding.
(d) Giving.

13. A tattered woman with a baby in her arms enters where Brand and Agnes are. What is it that the woman needs?
(a) Clothes for her child.
(b) A burial for her husband.
(c) A priest's blessing for her child.
(d) A confessional.

14. How many people have come to the new church?
(a) Thousands.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Five hundred.

15. While discussing the number of people come to the new church, where do the schoolmaster and sexton wish they could go?
(a) Inside.
(b) To the fjord.
(c) Hide.
(d) To the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Sexton and Schoolmaster are talking about church and state, someone begins playing the organ. Who is it playing the organ?

2. In Act 4, what has Agnes been doing while Brand has been away with parish work?

3. As the congregation pours into the church to find Brand, what do the priests claim is wrong with him?

4. The Mayor comes to see Brand and tells Brand that the congregation is waiting for him. What does Brand say to the Mayor's request to begin his sermon?

5. In the opening of Act 5, Scene 3, what is Brand's appearance?

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