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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry wail in grief?
(a) Waldo is shot.
(b) Edward is shot.
(c) Abraham Lincoln is shot.
(d) John is shot.

2. How does Sam respond when Henry says he refuses to leave?
(a) He tells him that he must leave.
(b) He tells him that he may stay with Bailey.
(c) He tells him it's his choice if he stays.
(d) He tells him he will have to speak with the judge.

3. About what is Williams worried?
(a) Henry will turn him in.
(b) Henry will kick him out.
(c) The authorities will catch him at Walden Pond.
(d) Henry will not be his friend.

4. What has brought violence to Concord?
(a) Henry's jail time.
(b) Williams' shooting.
(c) Waldo's speeches.
(d) The upset citizens of Concord.

5. When does all action on stage stop?
(a) When John is shot.
(b) An unseen voice addresses Congress and urges the President to stop the war.
(c) When Henry yells for the war to end.
(d) When Edward is shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellen not marry John?

2. The scene fades and Sam is doing what?

3. What does Henry recognizes about his devotion to Waldo?

4. Henry tells John that college was a waste of time except for what?

5. What is Transcendentalism?

(see the answer key)

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