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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Brand goes to give his sermon, the Dean has come to speak to him about his obligations. What obligation does the Dean say Brand must fulfill?
(a) His obligation to the settlement.
(b) His obligation to State.
(c) His obligation to his family.
(d) His obligation to the Dean.

2. During Agnes' decorating, she states that she is dreaming. What does Brand claim dreams are "beset with?"
(a) Snares.
(b) The truth.
(c) The future.
(d) Lies.

3. A plaque has been set up displaying Brand's name. What metal is the plaque made of?
(a) Copper.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

4. While talking about the size of the church, what does Brand beg of Agnes?
(a) To never speak to Gerd again.
(b) To leave him and never come back.
(c) To return to Einar.
(d) To never leave him.

5. What does Brand do to lighten the dark room of the parsonage?
(a) Lights ten candles.
(b) Lights a single candle.
(c) Opens the outer doors.
(d) Pulls the shades back from the windows.

6. The congregation questions Brand about the length of the battle to come. What does Brand say will end their suffering?
(a) Their belief in God.
(b) Their blood and sweat.
(c) The building of a new church.
(d) The fullfillment of their sacrifice: Nothing if not All.

7. What two characters find Brand's followers on the hillside to persuade them to return home?
(a) Gerd and Einar.
(b) The Mayor and his clerk.
(c) The Dean and the Mayor's clerk.
(d) The Mayor and the Dean.

8. Who decides to leave with Brand (other than members of the congregation) once he closes the church?
(a) The priests.
(b) No one else is named.
(c) Gerd.
(d) The Sexton and the Schoolmaster.

9. During Brand's contemplation of the Mayor's visit, what word does he say "slips smoothly enough from off the lips?"
(a) Love.
(b) Trust.
(c) Pray.
(d) God.

10. Brand re-enters the room that Agnes is in. Agnes is going through a drawer. What does Agnes pull out of the drawer that has a pin on it?
(a) The suit coat that Brand wore when they married.
(b) The cloak that Alf was christened in.
(c) The dress she wore when she married Brand.
(d) The funeral attire meant for Brand's mother.

11. While Brand and the Mayor are discussing different building hopes, what does Brand think is needed most?
(a) A dam.
(b) A social hall.
(c) A lunatic asylum.
(d) A prision.

12. While Agnes is arguing with Brand about the decorating, who does he claim she is "not at odds with?"
(a) Him.
(b) The devil.
(c) Alf.
(d) God.

13. At the beginning of Act 4, what do readers find out has happened to Alf?
(a) He is still the same: very ill.
(b) He has gotten better.
(c) He has died.
(d) He ran away.

14. In the opening of Act 5, Scene 2, what are Brand's followers doing as they follow him up the hillside?
(a) Chanting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Praying.
(d) Complaining.

15. After Brand has completed his thoughts, he seems to be worried. What does Brand ask Agnes for?
(a) Death.
(b) Silence.
(c) Light.
(d) Her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Brand's conversation with the Dean, what does he claim has deserted him?

2. What causes the avalanche at the end of the play?

3. According to the Mayor, what do the people coming to the church care about?

4. Who does the Mayor believe he can get to help with the re-construction of the church?

5. What does Brand find out from the mayor about Gerd?

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