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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry reacts violently against Lydian's idea. What does he do?
(a) Chants her words back to her in protest.
(b) He argues with her.
(c) He leaves in a rage.
(d) He pushes her.

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

3. Henry and his mother keep talking, and she tells him she does not know who he is. How does he reply?
(a) He is the same.
(b) He is himself.
(c) He has changed.
(d) He is who he has always been.

4. Edward is so pleased. What does he wish?
(a) Henry was his father.
(b) John was his brother.
(c) John was his father.
(d) Henry was his brother.

5. What has Ellen's father done, regarding her little brother, Edmund?
(a) he has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not care for Henry.
(b) He has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not approve of Transcendentalism.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 enterd Edmund into the school because he is a Transcedentalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry believe is the motivation for the war in Mexico?

2. Henry notes that he can feel the sound waves from the clock tower. Who does he say he is freer in jail than?

3. What do Henry and Bailey see outside the window of the cell?

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

5. What has brought violence to Concord?

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