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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The schoolmaster and the sexton are talking about Brand. According to them, why is Brand different?
(a) Alf has just died and Brand must preside over the funeral.
(b) He sees the new church as a path to greater power for him.
(c) Agnes has died and he cannot hide the sorrow.
(d) He is trying to leave the church and become the mayor.

2. Agnes claims that she has given all in regard to Brand's request. What has she kept, and therefore, lied about?
(a) A bonnet.
(b) The bible to preside over the funeral.
(c) A mite to buy more candles.
(d) She did not use her shawl to wrap the baby in.

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

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

5. According to the Mayor, what do the people coming to the church care about?
(a) Light.
(b) Dark.
(c) Sin.
(d) Faith.

6. While Agnes is arguing with Brand about the decorating, who does he claim she is "not at odds with?"
(a) The devil.
(b) God.
(c) Him.
(d) Alf.

7. Act 5 begins how long after the close of Act 4?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) Two and a half years.
(c) Two years.
(d) A year.

8. What two characters find Brand's followers on the hillside to persuade them to return home?
(a) The Mayor and the Dean.
(b) The Mayor and his clerk.
(c) The Dean and the Mayor's clerk.
(d) Gerd and Einar.

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

10. What does Agnes say Brand should call God?
(a) Father.
(b) Saint.
(c) Devil.
(d) Lord.

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

12. In regard to the fire at the mayor's home, what is the mayor concerned with saving?
(a) His soul.
(b) Archives.
(c) His wife.
(d) His children.

13. According to Brand, what is a corpse's only task?
(a) Harbor a soul until death.
(b) Giving nourishment to new seeds.
(c) Raising from the dead to seek vengence.
(d) To give those living something tangible to mourn.

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

15. What does Brand say about Mercy?
(a) It is paved with an alter-stone.
(b) It is paved with heartache.
(c) It is paved with gold.
(d) It is paved by those who can afford to.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Brand has completed his thoughts, he seems to be worried. What does Brand ask Agnes for?

2. The congregation questions Brand about the length of the battle to come. What does Brand say will end their suffering?

3. While discussing the number of people come to the new church, where do the schoolmaster and sexton wish they could go?

4. What does Brand claim about his followers on their trek up the hillside?

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

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