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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Waldo find out about Henry's arrest?
(a) Lydian brings Waldo a note.
(b) Lydian hears it at the market and tells Waldo.
(c) Waldo wonders where Henry is and ends up at the jail.
(d) Waldo hears the news from a neighbor.

2. Why does Henry say that he cannot pray for John's soul?
(a) He does not believe John's soul is in heaven.
(b) He cannot pray to a God that does not listen.
(c) He does not believe in God.
(d) He is angry with God for taking his brother.

3. What does Henry point out to Bailey about doing what is expected of you?
(a) It can suffocate you.
(b) It is safer.
(c) It will get you out of jail faster.
(d) It is the right thing to do.

4. In what town is the play set?
(a) Providence, Rhode Island.
(b) East Hampton, New York.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Concord, Massachusetts.

5. When Waldo offers money, how does Henry respond?
(a) He want to negotiate a salary.
(b) He readily accepts his offer.
(c) He has already been paid by being able to listen to his mentor's lectures.
(d) He wants to be paid in kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry attempt to explain to Ellen?

2. To what does Henry compare time?

3. Ball tells Henry that they have been feeding their souls. How does Henry reply?

4. Why does Henry offer to work for 10 cents a week?

5. Henry mocks Ball by telling his students to prevent all their senses from experiencing life so that they can all focus solely on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry say to Ellen, showing the audience that he likes her?

2. How are Henry's Sunday rituals very different from many in town?

3. Waldo asks how he should rebel. What is Henry's response? Why?

4. Describe Henry's negotiations for his pay for working for Waldo.

5. What does Henry think of Ralph Waldo Emerson?

6. What inspires Henry at the end of the play?

7. Why does Henry encourage Williams to go to Canada? What happens to Williams?

8. How does Henry know what work needs to be done for Waldo and Lydian?

9. Why is Henry in jail?

10. Translate Henry's poem/prayer for Bailey. "Blessed Are the Young, for they do not read the President's speeches. Blessed Are They who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature and, through her, God. Blessed is Bailey, for he's a good fellow and deserves better treatment than you've been giving him even though he is a man of letters."

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