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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. Who sent Tom a letter in Act I Scene 1?
2. Who is Tom Stockmann's father-in-law?
3. Hovstad mentions to the mayor in Act I Scene 1 that the newspaper was running an article written by whom?
4. What is the setting of Act I Scene 2?
5. After Peter leaves in Act I Scene 2, Catherine reminds Tom that Peter has what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who stops by Tom's residence first in Act I Scene 2? Why?
2. Discuss the truth in Act I Scene 2. How does the playwright establish "the truth" in the narrative?
3. What does Hovstad note about Aslaksen in Act I Scene 2? What does Hovstad intend to do when he departs?
4. According to Tom in Act I Scene 1, what must be done to correct the problem with the water? What does he do with the report?
5. What announcement does Tom make after reading his letter in Act I Scene 1?
6. What is Peter's initial response to the report in Act I Scene 2?
7. What argument do Peter and Catherine have in Act I Scene 1?
8. How long had Tom suspected problems with the water? How did he come to his actions in Act I Scene 1?
9. What children does Tom return with in Act I Scene 1? What does he remark about his children and how does this impact Peter?
10. What does Tom tell Hovstad to do regarding the report in Act I Scene 1? What is the immediate reaction to the news?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "An Enemy of the People", the mayor attempts to keep the public from the information in the report to protect himself. In your own community, do you recall any instance in which a local government, business, factory, school district, newspaper, or another entity attempted to withhold vital information from the public?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the central subject of debate in the play. How is the pollution in the water described? How "fixable" is the issue?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the phrase "blood is thicker than water" and how this phrase applies in the play. To whom are Peter and Tom each the most committed to in the story?
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