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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sam notes that he does not like having to serve Henry with the bill. What does Henry urge him to do?
(a) Not to serve him the bill.
(b) Quit as constable.
(c) Serve him the bill.
(d) Put himself in jail.

2. To what does Henry compare time?
(a) To the sun.
(b) To a river.
(c) To a road.
(d) To sand.

3. What happens to the man, in Waldo's story, who goes to India to earn a fortune, so he can retire a poet?
(a) He dies with a huge fortune and no poems.
(b) He never earns a fortune.
(c) He dies wealthy and a poet.
(d) He dies on his way to India.

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(b) He has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not approve of Transcendentalism.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(d) he has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not care for Henry.

5. Who does Waldo say "were trying to buy popularity?"
(a) College professors.
(b) Roman emperors.
(c) His students.
(d) The members of his congregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ball notes that it is a sin to work on Sundays, and what does John note about Henry?

2. Waldo, who is clearly quite old, is losing his senses, mistakes what for a person?

3. Henry notes that older people like her father are "polluted" by advice. How does he strongly urge Ellen to maintain her "innocence?"

4. In another area of the stage, Henry's mother is visibly upset. What does she ask Henry?

5. Why is Deacon Ball, the Chair of the Concord School Committee, shocked at what Henry has been discussing with his class?

(see the answer key)

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