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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) Ice and snow.
(c) Trees and flowers.
(d) Branches and twine.

2. What does the doctor compare Brand to when speaking to Brand about Alf.
(a) A shipwrecked man.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A prisioner.
(d) A snake.

3. During Brand's conversation with the Mayor about his inheritance, what does Brand realize the Mayor is saying?
(a) The Mayor wants him to convince his mother to give all of her money to the town.
(b) The Mayor wants to confiscate Brand's inheritance.
(c) The Mayor wants him to leave the settlement.
(d) The Mayor wants him to leave Agnes and marry his daughter.

4. In the beginning of Act Three, why is Brand anxiously looking out over the fjord?
(a) He is waiting for the ships to come in.
(b) He is waiting for his son to return from war.
(c) He is waiting for news of his mother.
(d) He is waiting for a doctor.

5. Where does Elinar know Brand from?
(a) From church.
(b) They are long-lost brothers reunited.
(c) From the orphanage.
(d) Their childhood school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brand accuses Agnes of being afraid. What does he believe she is scared of?

3. Who goes with Brand out into the storm?

4. Where does Brand ask Agnes to go after his mother leaves?

5. What does Brand offer the Mayor instead of money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What different attempts does Brand's mother make to get him to come to her on her deathbed?

4. Why does Gerd chase the hawk?

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

6. Why does the Mayor believe the new church to be great?

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

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

9. What is the peasant willing to give up, and not give up, for a priest to visit his ailing daughter?

10. Why does Agnes have an issue with how rigid Brand is regarding his God and faith?

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