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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry urge Bailey to remain uneducated?

2. Who will be Henry's protege?

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

4. Sam notes that he does not like having to serve Henry with the bill. What does Henry urge him to do?

5. On what do John and Henry then agree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Henry gives Waldo the advice to speak out against the war?

2. What does Henry say about humanity's effect on the environment?

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

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

5. How does Act II open?

6. What does Henry learn about his obsession with Waldo?

7. What is the lighting like at the beginning of the first scene?

8. How do Henry's mother and brother say about him?

9. What roles do the play's characters assume in Henry's dream?

10. What does Henry think of Ralph Waldo Emerson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The events of the first act develop Henry as an individualist who believes deeply in personal freedom.

Part 1) How is Henry an individualist?

Part 2) What is Transcendentalism?

Part 3) How does Transcendentalism influence Henry's belief in personal freedom?

Essay Topic 2

A significant event in Act II prompts Henry to reconsider his theory that one man can make a difference.

Part 1) What event is this?

Part 2) What advice does he give that, surprisingly, is very realistic and sensible?

Part 3) This event also shows Henry that change cannot be effected from within the system. How does it show this?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of isolation is absolutely essential.

Part 1) When do we first see Henry as an isolationist?

Part 2) What does this isolation do to Henry's abilities to fight injustice?

Part 3) What change does he make to better fight injustice?

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