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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes clear about Ellen and her father?
(a) They do not agree on how Edmund should be raised.
(b) Neither really understand Transcendentalism.
(c) They are both Transcendentalists.
(d) They are very close.

2. What does Henry point out to Bailey about doing what is expected of you?
(a) It will get you out of jail faster.
(b) It can suffocate you.
(c) It is safer.
(d) It is the right thing to do.

3. How does the play close?
(a) Henry is sitting on his cot by Bailey.
(b) Henry refuses to leave.
(c) Henry leaves and goes back to his life by Walden Pond.
(d) Henry experiencing new strength and striding confidently off stage.

4. What happens to Henry when he tries to object to the President?
(a) A loud noise covers his words.
(b) No sound comes from his mouth.
(c) Waldo tells him to stop talking.
(d) He is shot and wounded.

5. What does Lydian suggest that Henry do while Waldo is away in England?
(a) Find a wife.
(b) Get another job.
(c) He should leave.
(d) Stay with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?

2. As who does Waldo appear?

3. Why does Ellen not marry John?

4. What is Henry doing when Williams, an escaped slave, appears?

5. Henry notes that he can feel the sound waves from the clock tower. Who does he say he is freer in jail than?

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