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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. While arguing with Brand about the settlement's faith, what does the Mayor say his congregation CAN shed?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Blood.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tears.

2. Who does Brand's mother wish to take the glare of blinding light away?
(a) God.
(b) Brand.
(c) Agnes.
(d) The Devil.

3. Who is seen at the top off the cliffs as Brand leaves to cross the fjord?
(a) Einar.
(b) The Woman's husband.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Gerd.

4. Where does Brand decide to go at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) To the settlement.
(b) To the mountains.
(c) To the ice church.
(d) To the river.

5. What does the Woman tell Brand her husband has done?
(a) Gambled away their savings.
(b) Ran off with a neighbor girl.
(c) Killed a neighbor.
(d) Killed their child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brand addresses the men who have come to the Woman's house, where does he say the right eye turns toward?

2. At the opening of Act 2, Scene One, what is the mayor handing out to the townsfolk?

3. Who does Brand describe as "well-meaning, plump and debonair, both hands in pocket, quite sublimely like brackets in parenthesis?"

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

5. Where is the only place Gerd ever feels safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brand believe that the townsfolk have followed the Mayor's desires to this point?

2. Why does Agnes choose to follow Brand instead of going with Einar?

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

4. Explain the story Gerd tells about the priest who leaves her church.

5. During the conversation between the Dean and Brand before the opening of the church, what does the Dean tell Brand are his obligations?

6. Gerd does not want Brand to go to the church in the valley. Why not? What church does Gerd want Brand to go to?

7. Why does Agnes volunteer to go with Brand across the fjord when no one else will?

8. In the Mayor's mind, how does Brand throw a wrench in the Mayor's plan to build?

9. Why is Brand not excited about the new church?

10. Describe what readers find out about the fire at the Mayor's home and how he acts.

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