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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. Why does the woman refuse to go with Brand across the fjord?
(a) She is afraid that her husband will kill her.
(b) Because she does not know him.
(c) There is no one to go home to.
(d) She is afraid of dying and her children need their mother.

2. Act Three begins how many years after Act Two?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

3. Although the Man tells Brand that he has helped the people of the settlement, what does Brand claim is the problem with the people?
(a) They are helpless.
(b) They do not really care.
(c) They are deaf.
(d) They are blind.

4. According to Brand, what does he tell the Mayor is "the greatest triumph?"
(a) The second coming.
(b) Defeat.
(c) Peace.
(d) Death.

5. While contemplating staying, who does Brand say will be "born again" in the settlement?
(a) Himself.
(b) Adam.
(c) Eve.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gerd arrives just after the Man leaves. What is Gerd saying has happened?

2. During Brand's conversation with the Mayor about his inheritance, what does Brand realize the Mayor is saying?

3. After the discussion about the townsfolk, what does the Man say to Brand as he leaves?

4. Who does Gerd threaten when she leaves to go to church?

5. Upon Brand's mother's deathbed, what does she proclaim?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Brand believe he has given up to be at this moment in life (the new church)?

3. Brand sees Agnes sitting on the shore after the men who asked him to be their priest leave. What does Brand start to realize about Agnes?

4. What lie does the Mayor tell the defectors that gets them to return to town?

5. Why does Brand get angry at the people who have chosen to follow him up the hillside?

6. After Brand agrees that he and Agnes must leave their home, Brand changes his mind. Why?

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

8. Why does Agnes get angry at Brand about having to close the blinds?

9. Why does the Mayor try to shake Brand's hand and why does Brand refuse?

10. What does Agnes mean by saying "Whoso shall see Jehovah dies!"?

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