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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mr. Billing urge to stay for dinner in the beginning of Act I Scene 1?
(a) Mr. Aslaksen.
(b) Mr. Hovstad.
(c) Captain Horster.
(d) Mr. Kill.

2. Tom informs the crowd in Act II Scene 2 that the gathering was advertised as what instead of a meeting?
(a) Public forum.
(b) Lecture.
(c) Get together.
(d) Inquisition.

3. Who sent Tom a letter in Act I Scene 1?
(a) The local university lab.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) A childhood friend.
(d) The federal government.

4. Peter claims in Act II Scene 2 that he only wants the town to understand that his brother's motive is to ridicule and destroy what?
(a) People's lives.
(b) The springs.
(c) The town.
(d) Authority.

5. What word means to soften or tone down, as in one's beliefs?
(a) Fixate.
(b) Temper.
(c) Pamper.
(d) Stagnate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act I Scene 1, Petra remembers that Tom warned the town not to build the Springs downstream from what?

2. What does Catherine wonder about the people outside in the beginning of Act II Scene 2?

3. What compromise does Tom reach when reading the report at the gathering in Act II Scene 2?

4. In Act II Scene 2, Billing tells Catherine that the meeting will prove to not be a place for what?

5. What does Tom's eldest child bring to him in Act I Scene 1?

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