View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes claim was wrong with her "visitor" during the night when Brand was gone?
(a) The visitor was frozen.
(b) The visitor was transparent.
(c) The visitor had no head.
(d) The visitor was on fire.

2. Who does the Mayor believe he can get to help with the re-construction of the church?
(a) The prisoners of the town's jail.
(b) The townsfolk.
(c) Gypsies.
(d) Builders from another settlement.

3. Before Brand goes to give his sermon, the Dean has come to speak to him about his obligations. What obligation does the Dean say Brand must fulfill?
(a) His obligation to his family.
(b) His obligation to the settlement.
(c) His obligation to the Dean.
(d) His obligation to State.

4. According to Brand during his initial talk with the Dean, what must new houses find?
(a) The faithful.
(b) New tenants.
(c) Sinners.
(d) New followers.

5. Brand makes a very specific demand of Agnes in regard to the woman. What does Brand tell Agnes to do?
(a) Prepare the confessional for the woman.
(b) Prepare his clothes so that he may preside over the funeral.
(c) Wrap the baby in her shawl so that he may bless it.
(d) Give Alf's baby clothes to the woman.

6. At the beginning of Act 4, what do readers find out has happened to Alf?
(a) He is still the same: very ill.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He has gotten better.
(d) He has died.

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

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

9. The Mayor asks Brand of his intentions in Act 4, Part 2. What does Brand say his intentions are?
(a) To become friends.
(b) To leave the settlement forever.
(c) To take Agnes away to start anew.
(d) To build.

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

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

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

13. 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) "A broken hand works, but not a broken heart."
(c) "A drowning man is not troubled by rain."
(d) "Light the lifting, hard the bearing."

14. As Brand is giving an impromptu sermon to the congregation, who does he claim is the "spirit of compromise?"
(a) Himself.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Satan.
(d) God.

15. 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 dress she wore when she married Brand.
(b) The cloak that Alf was christened in.
(c) The suit coat that Brand wore when they married.
(d) The funeral attire meant for Brand's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. A tattered woman with a baby in her arms enters where Brand and Agnes are. What is it that the woman needs?

2. What causes the avalanche at the end of the play?

3. At the end of Act 5, Scene 1, what does the Dean decide to do?

4. During Brand's conversation with the Dean, what does he claim has deserted him?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 700 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample