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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act II Scene 1?
(a) Tom Stockmann's residence.
(b) The editorial office of the People's Daily Messenger.
(c) Peter Stockman's residence.
(d) Captain Horster's house.

2. What does Tom tell Peter that his cane represents in Act II Scene 1?
(a) The needle of a compass.
(b) The letter "I."
(c) The baton of command.
(d) A fishing pole.

3. In Act II Scene 1, Billing finishes reading the report which he declares to be what?
(a) Devastating.
(b) Inaccurate.
(c) Revealing.
(d) Enlightening.

4. Catherine asks Billing in Act II Scene 2 why he printed whose editorial instead of the report?
(a) His own.
(b) Peter's.
(c) Captain Horster's.
(d) Mr. Kill's.

5. In Act II Scene 2, Peter makes a motion that Tom be prohibited from what?
(a) Standing watch.
(b) Reading the report.
(c) Marrying.
(d) Taking the pledge.

6. What relative of Tom Stockmann's is exceptionally wealthy?
(a) Mr. Kill.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Petra.
(d) Margaret.

7. When Tom returns in Act II Scene 1, he emphasizes again to Aslaksen that he does not want to be treated like what?
(a) A child.
(b) A king.
(c) A woman.
(d) A hero.

8. In Act II Scene 1, to show Peter that his position is that of the people, Tom puts on what?
(a) His coat.
(b) His hat.
(c) Peter's hat.
(d) Peter's coat.

9. What refers to a government by the people or their elected representatives?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) Monarchy.

10. What does Catherine wonder about the people outside in the beginning of Act II Scene 2?
(a) What they want.
(b) Why they don't come in.
(c) Who they are.
(d) If they are violent.

11. In Act II Scene 2, when Tom begins to speak some in the crowd complain that there is no what for the meeting?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Chairman.
(c) Press.
(d) Spokesperson.

12. In his speech in Act II Scene 2, Tom states that in the past Hovstad had fought for what?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Free speech.
(d) Religious rights.

13. What refers to someone radically new or innovative who stands for revolt?
(a) Hippie.
(b) Terrorist.
(c) Revolutionist.
(d) Liberal.

14. In Act II Scene 1, Hovstad corrects Peter's characterization of the contamination as what?
(a) A dream.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A tall tale.
(d) A hallucination.

15. In Act II Scene 1, Peter points out to Aslaksen that the community will be what if the water system is dismantled and rebuilt?
(a) Overworked.
(b) Booming.
(c) Taxed.
(d) Enraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom claims in Act II Scene 2 that he stands against the conventional wisdom that the majority is what?

2. What does Hovstad call Tom during his speech in Act II Scene 2?

3. What word refers to a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles that one does not really possess?

4. In the beginning of Act II Scene 1, Hovstad tells Billing to lower his voice because who is in earshot?

5. What word means thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms?

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