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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. Why does Henry not hug Ellen?
(a) Out of a sense of propriety.
(b) He is embarrassed.
(c) He does not like her.
(d) He is afraid she will cringe.

2. Why will Henry not pay his taxes?
(a) Taxes do not help the people.
(b) He hates paying taxes.
(c) The government is corrupt.
(d) He does not have the money.

3. What words of Waldo's does Henry repeat like a mantra?
(a) "Follow your own path."
(b) "Cast conformity behind you."
(c) "Follow the yellow brick road."
(d) "Be free to be yourself."

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

5. What word does Deacon Ball use incorrectly, which actually means forbidden?
(a) Prisribed.
(b) Proscribed.
(c) Penscribed.
(d) Perscribed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ellen says that she has to go home, and Henry delays. Why?

2. What does Ball threaten to do to Henry?

3. What similarity between Henry and Waldo do John and Mother note?

4. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is evidence that Henry's thoughts might seem backwards?

2. Describe the scene when Sam Staples tells him he must pay his property taxes?

3. In the play it is not know whether or not Henry stays in jail until the end of Bailey's trial. What do you believe takes place?

4. What does Waldo mean when he accuses Henry of resigning from the human race?

5. What does Henry think of retirement?

6. How does Henry feel about this decision?

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

8. What does Baily ask of Henry? What is Henry's response?

9. Where does Lydian send Edward and Henry?

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

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