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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. Upon Brand's arrival to the valley, where are all of the town's folk going to?

2. How does Brand think Einar see God?

3. What is Gerd chasing when she meets Brand?

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

5. How does the valley look different from Brand's memories of it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed in Brand's life over the past year and a half (since the end of Act 4)?

2. Why does Brand think that the ice-church is unsafe?

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

4. What does Brand believe Agnes must do to complete her dependence on Alf's memory?

5. What is the Mayor really saying to Brand when talking to him about Brand's mother's fortune?

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

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

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

10. Describe the events leading up to, and including, Brand's death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you believe that Brand, given the chance, could save all of mankind? Why or why not (religious beliefs aside)? Remember to base your response off textual evidence.

Essay Topic 2

According to the play, do you believe Brand to be Savior re-born? Give textual evidence to support reasoning as to why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

What is the relevance of the "form" at the end of the play? What news does the "form" bring? What is Brand's reaction to the form?

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