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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. What word means that kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense?
(a) Dilute.
(b) Suppress.
(c) Moderate.
(d) Contain.

2. Tom leaves the office after speaking with Hovstad in Act II Scene 1 because who is waiting for him?
(a) Petra.
(b) A patient.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Peter.

3. Who enters the newspaper office with a book that Hovstad asked to be translated for publication in the newspaper in Act II Scene 1?
(a) Petra.
(b) Tom.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Peter.

4. In Act II Scene 1 it is pointed out that Billing has applied for a job as what?
(a) Secretary of the Magistrate.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Tax collector.
(d) Councilman.

5. What does Hovstad call Tom during his speech in Act II Scene 2?
(a) A juvenile.
(b) A murderer.
(c) An aristocrat.
(d) A traitor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Act II Scene 2, Tom explains to the crowd that the dream he had for the Springs was NOT to do what?

3. What does Peter absentmindedly forget at the office when he leaves in Act II Scene 1?

4. Given little other options, in the end of Act II Scene 1, Tom vows to do what to spread the truth about the water system?

5. When Tom returns in Act II Scene 1, he emphasizes again to Aslaksen that he does not want to be treated like what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom tell Hovstad to do when he enters in Act II Scene 1? Why?

2. What does Billing say of Aslaksen in Act II Scene 1? What is Hovstad's reply?

3. What does Petra bring to the office in Act II Scene 1? What does she remark about it?

4. Who is allowed to talk first in the meeting? What does he state?

5. How does Hovstad respond to Petra's questioning in Act II Scene 1? What does Petra do?

6. What is Billing doing in the beginning of Act II Scene 1? Who is he with?

7. What argument do Hovstad and Peter have in Act II Scene 1?

8. What does Peter inform Aslaksen and the others in the office about taxation in Act II Scene 1? What is the response?

9. How does Tom describe to the crowd his objectives in bringing the springs to town in Act II Scene 2?

10. How and why does Peter enter the office in Act II Scene 1?

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