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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brand informs the mayor that he will finance the re-building of the church. How does Brand intend to do this?
(a) With the money he has earned on his own.
(b) With Agnes' money.
(c) With the money he gets from the congregation.
(d) With his mother's money.

2. The schoolmaster and the sexton are talking about the fire that ravaged the Mayor's home. What did the mayor's wife tell him to save?
(a) Her.
(b) The entire home.
(c) His soul.
(d) His children.

3. In the opening of Act 5, Scene 3, what is Brand's appearance?
(a) He has lost a limb.
(b) Bloodied and bruised.
(c) He is soaked to the bone from the storm.
(d) Perfect, nothing is wrong with him.

4. As Brand leaves the Mayor to prepare for his sermon, the Mayor is very confused by Brand's words. What does the Mayor believe Brand has been doing?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Day-dreaming.
(c) Praying.
(d) Confessing.

5. What does the Mayor tell Brand he should expect given his accomplishments for the church?
(a) A new home.
(b) Knighthood.
(c) The pope offering him a cardinal position.
(d) A larger congregation than the church can handle.

6. What does Agnes claim is all she has left to offer to Brand and God?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her poverty.
(c) Her heart's root.
(d) Her vast wealth.

7. During Agnes' decorating, she states that she is dreaming. What does Brand claim dreams are "beset with?"
(a) Snares.
(b) Lies.
(c) The truth.
(d) The future.

8. During Brand's impromptu sermon, why does the Dean claim Brand is not worth following?
(a) His beleifs are too stern.
(b) He is mad.
(c) He only answers to God and not the congregation.
(d) His faith is not true.

9. During Brand's impromptu sermon, what does he claim the congregation does with God's flag?
(a) Fly it seven days a week.
(b) Never displays it.
(c) Fly it only six days a week.
(d) Only fly it on the Sabboth.

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

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

12. In Act 4, Part 3, Agnes has entered the room Brand is in to decorate the room. What does he order her to do?
(a) Stop with the festivities.
(b) Put out more candles.
(c) Leave him to think.
(d) Close the shades.

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

14. Brand re-enters the room that Agnes is in. Agnes is going through a drawer. What does Agnes pull out of the drawer that has a pin on it?
(a) The cloak that Alf was christened in.
(b) The funeral attire meant for Brand's mother.
(c) The dress she wore when she married Brand.
(d) The suit coat that Brand wore when they married.

15. What does the Mayor tell Brand that he wants to do to take place of the war that is now over?
(a) Build a new home.
(b) Cure the curse of poverty.
(c) Focus on his family.
(d) Try to find another mayoral position elsewhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brand do to lighten the dark room of the parsonage?

2. While Agnes is arguing with Brand about the decorating, who does he claim she is "not at odds with?"

3. When does Agnes wish Brand to have the new "great church" built by?

4. When Brand is reunited with Einar, where does Einar say he has been?

5. As Brand is giving an impromptu sermon to the congregation, who does he claim is the "spirit of compromise?"

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