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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 gives a derisive snort.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He gives a shout of joy.
(d) He cries.

2. Ball tells Henry that they have been feeding their souls. How does Henry reply?
(a) He has been feeding his face.
(b) He has been feeding the birds.
(c) He has been feeding plants with manure.
(d) He has been feeding his soul in nature.

3. Upon what does Henry lament, regarding the environment?
(a) Concord is too wild for his taste.
(b) There are too many biting insects.
(c) He would like to live in a more tropical environment.
(d) The fact that humanity has done so much damage to the environment.

4. How does Bailey feel about being in jail with Henry?
(a) He is irritated by him.
(b) He does not mind being in jail with an author.
(c) He hates being in jail with him.
(d) He is delighted to be in jail with an author.

5. What do Henry and Bailey see outside the window of the cell?
(a) The constable.
(b) A drunk staggering around.
(c) Their neighbors.
(d) The keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Waldo find out about Henry's arrest?

2. What do both Henry and Waldo do simultaneously?

3. How does Ellen find Transcendentalism?

4. Henry replies that he likes the way the alphabet sounds and feels when read backwards. Why does he think that things should be mixed up?

5. To what does Henry compare time?

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