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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will Henry not give money to the government?
(a) He does not like the United States.
(b) He does not approve of its actions.
(c) He is not an American.
(d) He does not have the money to give to the government.

2. In another area of the stage, Henry's mother is visibly upset. What does she ask Henry?
(a) Where his father is.
(b) Who is with him.
(c) What has happened to John.
(d) What he has done.

3. What word does Deacon Ball use incorrectly, which actually means forbidden?
(a) Prisribed.
(b) Proscribed.
(c) Penscribed.
(d) Perscribed.

4. What does Henry attempt to explain to Ellen?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Transcendentalism.
(c) Love.
(d) Boating.

5. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?
(a) The scale of the Mexican War.
(b) The scale of the Civil War.
(c) A small scale.
(d) The scale of the American Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry agrees to take her to shore if she will do what?

2. What does Henry tell Waldo and Lydian about what must be done?

3. Upon what does Henry lament, regarding the environment?

4. Why will Henry not pay his taxes?

5. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?

(see the answer key)

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