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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can't Brand and the Woman go back the way she has come?
(a) The bridge was destroyed by the storm.
(b) The river has flooded and cannot be crossed on foot.
(c) A pack of wild animals guards the pass.
(d) Her husband is looking for her and has a gun.

3. While contemplating staying at the settlement, who finds Brand on the shore?
(a) Gerd.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. What does Einar claim Brand has of his?
(a) Agnes.
(b) His money.
(c) His son.
(d) His cow.

5. What does Agnes choose to do at the end of Act 2?
(a) Stay with Brand's mother.
(b) Stay with Brand.
(c) Stay with Gerd.
(d) Stay with Einar.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Brand finishes his soliloquy, what falls on the ground next to him?

2. Why is Brand's mother angry at and scared for Brand?

3. As Brand is contemplating the doctor's prognosis, what does the doctor claim about Brand?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Mayor want the people to think about before they leave with Brand? What is their reaction?

2. What does Agnes find wrong with Brand's church?

3. What are the conditions of Brand receiving his mother's fortune?

4. Why does Brand think that the ice-church is unsafe?

5. Why does Agnes get upset with Brand's choice to stay at the settlement?

6. After leaving Einar and Agnes, what does Brand recognize about the valley he has come to?

7. Why are Agnes and Brand not worried about the life of their son Alf?

8. Why does the Man believe that Brand will not leave?

9. What does the Mayor say his intentions are now that the he has claimed the war is over?

10. What has changed in Brand's life over the past year and a half (since the end of Act 4)?

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