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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry sits up on his cot, and what is his response to his mother's question?
(a) His father is dead.
(b) He does not know what happened to John.
(c) There is "not someone" with him.
(d) He has "not done something."

2. Henry returns to his jail cell. What is Bailey happily doing?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Practicing writing his name.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Talking to Sam.

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

4. Why is Bailey in jail?
(a) Robbing a store.
(b) Breaking and entering.
(c) Murdering his neighbor.
(d) Burning down a barn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry not hug Ellen?

2. What is Transcendentalism?

3. What word does Deacon Ball use incorrectly, which actually means forbidden?

4. What does Ellen wish about Henry?

5. What happens to the man, in Waldo's story, who goes to India to earn a fortune, so he can retire a poet?

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