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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brand decide to go at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) To the ice church.
(b) To the river.
(c) To the settlement.
(d) To the mountains.

2. Why does the woman refuse to go with Brand across the fjord?
(a) There is no one to go home to.
(b) Because she does not know him.
(c) She is afraid that her husband will kill her.
(d) She is afraid of dying and her children need their mother.

3. What is the peasant not willing to give up to ease his daughter's death?
(a) HIs wealth.
(b) His land.
(c) His life.
(d) His home.

4. How does the valley look different from Brand's memories of it?
(a) It looks abandoned.
(b) It looks smaller than he remembers.
(c) It looks larger than he remembers.
(d) He does not recognize the land at all.

5. Why does Brand refuse to help the peasant and his daughter?
(a) Because he refuses to pay for Brand's services.
(b) Because he does not know God.
(c) Because Brand's son refuses to let him help.
(d) Because Brand claims the peasant has no soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerd say her church is built out of?

2. Why can't Brand and the Woman go back the way she has come?

3. As the squall hits the fjord, what do the townsfolk threaten Brand with?

4. Who is seen at the top off the cliffs as Brand leaves to cross the fjord?

5. At the opening of Act 2, Scene One, what is the mayor handing out to the townsfolk?

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