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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?
(a) His intensity frightens Ellen away.
(b) His rowing scares Ellen.
(c) Ellen rejects him.
(d) Ellen does not love John as he thought.

2. On what do John and Henry then agree?
(a) They will stay celibate for the rest of their lives.
(b) They will both get married as soon as possible to forget about Ellen.
(c) They will remain celibate until they are 90 and 92 years old, at which time they will both pursue Ellen.
(d) They will begin their cult and marry as many women as possible.

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

4. What is Transcendentalism?
(a) A person's thoughts or emotions that transcend or rise above their external perceptions.
(b) A way of traveling from one continent to another.
(c) The belief in karma, nirvana, and reincarnation.
(d) A Christian denomination, similar to the Methodist faith.

5. After telling Ellen about Transcendentalism, what does he invite her to do?
(a) Go beyond "living" and start "being."
(b) Go to a Unitarian church.
(c) Go beyond "being" and start "living."
(d) Be kind to others to build good karma.

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

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(a) He has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not approve of Transcendentalism.
(b) he has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not care for Henry.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

8. What does Waldo tell Lydian will be interesting?
(a) Having an odd repairperson.
(b) Having a outspoken repairperson.
(c) Having a Harvard-educated repairperson.
(d) Having a Transcendentalist repairperson.

9. How does Bailey feel about being in jail with Henry?
(a) He hates being in jail with him.
(b) He does not mind being in jail with an author.
(c) He is irritated by him.
(d) He is delighted to be in jail with an author.

10. What does Henry discover as he is busily pointing out different species of grass?
(a) A species he has not seen in the area.
(b) A new species of bee.
(c) An ant hill.
(d) A beautiful flower.

11. Why does Henry offer to work for 10 cents a week?
(a) Without a salary, he will be free of obligations.
(b) He does not need any money.
(c) He will work for room and board.
(d) He knows the Emerson's do not have a lot of money.

12. Why will Henry not give money to the government?
(a) He does not like the United States.
(b) He does not have the money to give to the government.
(c) He is not an American.
(d) He does not approve of its actions.

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

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

15. The audience's attention then goes back to the jail cell, where Henry is seen waking up who?
(a) The guard, Sam.
(b) His brother, John.
(c) His friend, Waldo.
(d) His cellmate, Bailey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry make this agreement with Ellen before taking her to shore?

2. Henry replies that he likes the way the alphabet sounds and feels when read backwards. Why does he think that things should be mixed up?

3. Henry returns to his jail cell. What is Bailey happily doing?

4. When Waldo offers money, how does Henry respond?

5. Why is the lighting on the empty areas of the set weak?

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