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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. How does Brown feel when he hears about his grandfather hurting a woman?

2. What does the man in the forest want Brown to listen to?

3. What is the title for Brown’s wife?

4. What does the man in the forest keep Brown from doing?

5. Where is Brown going at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Brown’s grandfather do to a woman?

2. What does the man in the forest want Brown to do?

3. How does the man in the forest know Brown’s father?

4. What strange illusion does Brown see while with the man in the forest?

5. What is Brown doing at the beginning of the book?

6. Please describe the man in the forest.

7. What is the relationship between Brown and his wife like?

8. Why is Brown so afraid as he enters the forest?

9. What is Brown chastised for by the man in the forest?

10. What does Brown admire about his wife as he leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This is a very unique setting. Where is the story placed, and what affect do you think this has on the book?

Essay Topic 2

The catechism is mentioned a number of times. What is a catechism and why is this important to Young Goodman Brown?

Essay Topic 3

Faith was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Faith had not been in the book at all?

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