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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brand offer the Mayor instead of money?
(a) A prayer.
(b) His help.
(c) A cow.
(d) His words.

2. Where are Einar and Agnes going on their journey?
(a) To the forest.
(b) To Einar's hometown.
(c) To the ocean.
(d) To Agnes' hometown.

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

4. What does Brand tell his mother she must do to repay her debt?
(a) Give up everything she has.
(b) Go to the bank and take out a loan.
(c) Give her tithes to the church.
(d) Nothing- she is too far gone.

5. After the doctor leaves, Brand enters his house. What does he find has happened to Alf?
(a) Alf is very ill.
(b) Alf has burned himself on the stove.
(c) Alf has ran away.
(d) Alf is dead.

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

7. Who is seen at the top off the cliffs as Brand leaves to cross the fjord?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Einar.
(c) Gerd.
(d) The Woman's husband.

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

9. What do readers find out Brand's mother did to his father while he lay on his deathbed?
(a) Suffocated him with a pillow.
(b) Searched for his money.
(c) Poisoned him.
(d) Nothing-she was never by his side.

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

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

12. Where does Brand ask Agnes to go after his mother leaves?
(a) To the mountains to elope.
(b) To cleanse their souls.
(c) To the settlement to prepare for his return.
(d) To the funeral he is to preside over.

13. Who does Gerd threaten when she leaves to go to church?
(a) The hawk.
(b) The townsfolk.
(c) Brand's son.
(d) Brand.

14. As the men return to the settlement, Brand comments on their appearance. What does he say they have been driven out of?
(a) The fjord.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Paradise.

15. Why is Brand's mother angry at and scared for Brand?
(a) Because he crossed the fjord during the storm.
(b) Because he forgot to pay for her food.
(c) Because he did not leave.
(d) Because he is with Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Act Three begins how many years after Act Two?

2. After informing Brand of his mother's death, what does the doctor tell Brand that their generation is concerned with?

3. Brand accuses Agnes of being afraid. What does he believe she is scared of?

4. At the Woman's house, what have the men come to ask of Brand?

5. What news does the doctor bring to Brand as he and Agnes are discussing the weaknesses of man?

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