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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry tells John that college was a waste of time except for what?
(a) Waldo's lectures.
(b) The weekends.
(c) Lunch.
(d) The lab courses.

2. What does Henry tell Bailey he drinks?
(a) Water and gets drunk on love.
(b) The air and gets drunk from nature.
(c) Milk and gets drunk on exercising.
(d) Juice and gets drunk from the wilderness.

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

4. What does Henry then urge all his students not to do but to savor their sensations of the world?
(a) Listen to their parents.
(b) Go to class.
(c) Stay inside buildings.
(d) Emulate him.

5. What does Ball threaten to do to Henry?
(a) Fire him.
(b) Cancel his courses.
(c) Report him to the School Committee.
(d) Reprimand him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Waldo say "were trying to buy popularity?"

2. Why does Henry urge Bailey to remain uneducated?

3. How does Waldo respond when Ball asks him about listening to another clergyman?

4. Upon what does Henry lament, regarding the environment?

5. Why does Ellen offer to leave?

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