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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 Einar compare Agnes to?
(a) A lion.
(b) A bird.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A snake.

2. What does the Woman need who runs into the town as the squall hits?
(a) Money.
(b) A priest.
(c) A horse.
(d) A doctor.

3. What does Brand tell his mother she must do to repay her debt?
(a) Give her tithes to the church.
(b) Go to the bank and take out a loan.
(c) Give up everything she has.
(d) Nothing- she is too far gone.

4. In the opening act, who is with Brand?
(a) A peasant and his son.
(b) The schoolmaster and a clerk.
(c) His wife and a maid.
(d) No one- he is alone.

5. What is the one condition Brand's mother tells him regarding her fortune that is left to him?
(a) He must marry Gerd.
(b) He must not gamble with his life.
(c) He must never be seen with Agnes again.
(d) He must leave the settlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. While contemplating staying at the settlement, who finds Brand on the shore?

2. As the men return to the settlement, Brand comments on their appearance. What does he say they have been driven out of?

3. Where does Elinar know Brand from?

4. After the doctor leaves, Brand enters his house. What does he find has happened to Alf?

5. What does the doctor say Brand and Agnes must do to save Alf?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why have some of the men of the settlement come to see Brand at the woman's house?

3. What does Brand's mother have to tell him about her fortune?

4. Why does Brand refuse to take the blame from the townsfolk?

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

6. After the Doctor leaves, what does the Man who comes to visit Brand come to warn him of?

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

8. Brand decides to help the woman whose husband needs a priest. What dangerous act must Brand perform to get to her home?

9. What act of nature happens as Brand if giving the townsfolk and Mayor trouble about their predicament?

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

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