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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Brand see sitting on the shore as the Men leave to return to the settlement?
(a) Einar.
(b) Gerd.
(c) The Woman.
(d) Agnes.

2. Gerd arrives just after the Man leaves. What is Gerd saying has happened?
(a) That Brand's mother has died.
(b) The preacher has left.
(c) That she has seen Alf running away through the mountains.
(d) That the mayor has died.

3. Although the Man tells Brand that he has helped the people of the settlement, what does Brand claim is the problem with the people?
(a) They are helpless.
(b) They are deaf.
(c) They do not really care.
(d) They are blind.

4. The play begins in what country?
(a) Norway.
(b) Netherlands.
(c) Sweden.
(d) England.

5. Agnes, holding Alf, is watching the conversation between Gerd and Brand. What does Gerd call Alf?
(a) A lamb.
(b) A demon.
(c) An idol.
(d) A god.

6. Who does Brand's mother wish to take the glare of blinding light away?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Brand.
(c) God.
(d) The Devil.

7. What does Brand threaten to do with his inheritance?
(a) Buy the settlement and become the Mayor.
(b) Give it to his brother.
(c) Throw it to the winds.
(d) Squander it on meaningless possessions.

8. During Brand's conversation with the Mayor about his inheritance, what does Brand realize the Mayor is saying?
(a) The Mayor wants to confiscate Brand's inheritance.
(b) The Mayor wants him to leave the settlement.
(c) The Mayor wants him to leave Agnes and marry his daughter.
(d) The Mayor wants him to convince his mother to give all of her money to the town.

9. As Brand is contemplating the doctor's prognosis, what does the doctor claim about Brand?
(a) That when personally troubled, All or Nothing still matters.
(b) That when personally troubled, All or Nothing does not matter.
(c) That he is the weakest man he has ever met.
(d) That even in the face of death, Brand complies to all others' needs.

10. What does the Woman need who runs into the town as the squall hits?
(a) A horse.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Money.
(d) A priest.

11. Who does Brand claim sent Gerd to him?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The Man.
(c) God.
(d) The doctor.

12. At the end of Act 3, what does Agnes offer up to God as an offering?
(a) Alf.
(b) Gerd.
(c) Herself.
(d) Brand.

13. Who goes with Brand out into the storm?
(a) Einar.
(b) Agnes.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Woman.

14. What does Agnes choose to do at the end of Act 2?
(a) Stay with Gerd.
(b) Stay with Einar.
(c) Stay with Brand's mother.
(d) Stay with Brand.

15. After the doctor leaves, Brand has another visitor. The Man tells Brand that he has an enemy. Who does the Man tell Brand the enemy is?
(a) The man.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Gerd.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Brand describe as "well-meaning, plump and debonair, both hands in pocket, quite sublimely like brackets in parenthesis?"

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

3. What debt does Brand claim his mother owes?

4. What does the Mayor warn Man Two not to do after discovering that his wife has died?

5. While contemplating staying, who does Brand say will be "born again" in the settlement?

(see the answer keys)

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