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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The play begins in what country?

2. When Brand sees the valley for the first time, what does Brand realize about the land he has just entered?

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

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

5. At the end of Act 3, what does Brand ask Jesus for?

Short Essay Questions

1. When asking Brand to stay as the settlement priest, how does one man turn Brand's words against him?

2. Why does the word "churchyard" bother Agnes?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Why do Einar and Agnes not see the precipice?

7. When Einar finds Agnes with Brand and asks her to leave with him, why doesn't Agnes leave with Einar?

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

9. Why does Brand have a problem with his mother's "feeding" of the poor box and her fortune?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the play, Gerd makes a startling statement about Brand. Explain what this statement is and why she believes it to be true.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the several biblical references seen throughout the play. Discuss the biblical reference's importance to the play and the character.

Essay Topic 3

What is the relevance of Gerd's hawk? What does her hawk symbolize? What is the importance of the hawk to the meaning behind the play?

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