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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bailey respond when Henry asks him about marriage?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He gives a shout of joy.
(d) He gives a derisive snort.

2. What is the only reason for why Henry leaves his home?
(a) To visit friends.
(b) To see his family.
(c) To go swimming.
(d) For trips to town for supplies.

3. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?
(a) To babysit their son.
(b) To make their home a green home.
(c) To be a tutor for their son.
(d) To clean their home for them.

4. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?
(a) Ellen does not love John as he thought.
(b) Ellen rejects him.
(c) His intensity frightens Ellen away.
(d) His rowing scares Ellen.

5. Mother again laments Henry's strangeness, and what does she hope?
(a) He will straighten out.
(b) John will turn out not to be strange as well.
(c) Henry's children will not be strange.
(d) He will not become more strange.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Henry live?

2. Who are the only people married in John and Henry's family?

3. What does Henry tell Bailey he drinks?

4. After telling Ellen about Transcendentalism, what does he invite her to do?

5. Why is Henry seized with a new feeling of love for Ellen?

(see the answer key)

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