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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Ellen's father done, regarding her little brother, Edmund?
(a) He is sending Edmund to boarding school to get a better education.
(b) He has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not approve of Transcendentalism.
(c) He has enterd Edmund into the school because he is a Transcedentalist.
(d) he has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not care for Henry.

2. Ball notes that it is a sin to work on Sundays, and what does John note about Henry?
(a) God would not mind Henry's work.
(b) He worships in nature.
(c) He does not consider gardening to be work.
(d) He is a sinner.

3. When Waldo offers money, how does Henry respond?
(a) He readily accepts his offer.
(b) He has already been paid by being able to listen to his mentor's lectures.
(c) He want to negotiate a salary.
(d) He wants to be paid in kind.

4. Henry and his mother keep talking, and she tells him she does not know who he is. How does he reply?
(a) He is the same.
(b) He is himself.
(c) He has changed.
(d) He is who he has always been.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?

2. Ball tells Henry that they have been feeding their souls. How does Henry reply?

3. Who is the old man who enters with his wife?

4. What does Henry tell Bailey he drinks?

5. Bailey is impressed and observes that Henry must be a teacher. Why is Bailey impressed with Henry?

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