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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Brand is waiting to hear about his mother's offering to God, what is Brand afraid God will ask of him?
(a) To marry Gerd.
(b) To leave Agnes, his one true love.
(c) To give up the priesthood.
(d) To give up his son like Isaac.

2. For what reason is Brand's mother fearful?
(a) Because she will starve since he forgot to pay for her food.
(b) Because she will be imprisoned since he returned to the settlement.
(c) Because Agnes looks poor and she wishes more for her son.
(d) Because he could have died crossing the fjord and is the only family member she has left.

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

4. Where is the only place Gerd ever feels safe?
(a) No where- she never feels safe.
(b) Running in the mountains.
(c) At home.
(d) In church.

5. How does one of the men convince Brand to stay in the settlement?
(a) By using Brand's own belief: it is God's plan.
(b) By using Brand's own belief: give all or nothing.
(c) By promising Brand anything he wishes.
(d) By blackmailing him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes choose to do at the end of Act 2?

2. As Brand finishes his soliloquy, what falls on the ground next to him?

3. The play begins in what country?

4. What is Gerd chasing when she meets Brand?

5. In the beginning of Act Three, why is Brand anxiously looking out over the fjord?

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