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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 Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?
(a) They would run into one another in the air.
(b) They would hurt the birds in the sky.
(c) If they did they would damage and dirty the clouds and the air.
(d) They would dive to earth.

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

3. Who are the only people married in John and Henry's family?
(a) Their parents and older brother.
(b) Their parents and aunt.
(c) Their parents and uncle.
(d) Their father and mother.

4. Why is Deacon Ball, the Chair of the Concord School Committee, shocked at what Henry has been discussing with his class?
(a) The students do not address him as "Sir."
(b) Matters of theology should be left to religious leaders.
(c) There are girls in the course.
(d) He is not following the curriculum.

5. What does Henry do when he catches Ellen writing notes once again?
(a) He urges her to put the notes on note cards.
(b) He urges her to be an individual.
(c) He tells her to continue the hard work.
(d) He quizzes her over her notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellen not marry John?

2. What do both Henry and Waldo do simultaneously?

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

4. To what does John attribute Henry's nonconformity?

5. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?

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