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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The audience's attention then goes back to the jail cell, where Henry is seen waking up who?
(a) His cellmate, Bailey.
(b) His brother, John.
(c) The guard, Sam.
(d) His friend, Waldo.

2. What is Henry's response when Ellen asks what will happen to the school now that there are no students?
(a) He says they will close and he will have to go back to teaching at a university.
(b) He will be the student and will learn from nature.
(c) He will find new students.
(d) He will change the way the school is run to keep students.

3. Why does Henry object to the whole notion of retirement?
(a) He does not want to think about growing old.
(b) People work during the best part of their lives so they can relax during their declining years.
(c) He is a workaholic.
(d) People do not take as many years of retirement.

4. Why will Henry not pay his taxes?
(a) He hates paying taxes.
(b) He does not have the money.
(c) Taxes do not help the people.
(d) The government is corrupt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Henry and Bailey see outside the window of the cell?

2. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?

3. Who does Waldo say "were trying to buy popularity?"

4. What does Henry note that people must do, regarding books?

5. Ball notes that it is a sin to work on Sundays, and what does John note about Henry?

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