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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Ellen offer to leave?
(a) She is failing the course.
(b) Her father does not want her in the school.
(c) She is the only girl.
(d) She has not paid tuition.

3. Why does Henry make this agreement with Ellen before taking her to shore?
(a) He knows that John likes her very much.
(b) He knows she likes John.
(c) He knows she loves him.
(d) He loves her.

4. What is Henry's advice when Bailey says he cannot swim?
(a) Henry tells him not to struggle with the water.
(b) Henry tells him to take lessons.
(c) Henry tells him to plug his nose when he jumps in.
(d) Henry tells him to avoid the ocean.

5. Who is the old man who enters with his wife?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) John Thoreau.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Edward Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the townsfolk look strangely at Henry?

2. For what does Henry propose to work?

3. What does Henry point out to Bailey about doing what is expected of you?

4. The audience's attention then goes back to the jail cell, where Henry is seen waking up who?

5. Why does Ellen not marry John?

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