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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What occupation does Sam mark?
(a) Tutor.
(b) Writer.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Principal.

5. Where does Henry live?
(a) Downtown Concord.
(b) By the ocean.
(c) On the beach.
(d) By Walden Pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bailey feel about being in jail with Henry?

2. What do both Henry and Waldo do simultaneously?

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

4. In what town is the play set?

5. Why is Bailey in jail?

(see the answer key)

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