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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Brand's followers do once they believe that he has misled them?
(a) They throw stones at him.
(b) They push him off of the hillside.
(c) They pass word throughout the land not to trst him.
(d) They arrest him and put him in the prison.

2. What word does Agnes hate to hear?
(a) Gerd.
(b) Churchyard.
(c) Death.
(d) Alf.

3. What news does the new arrival to the hillside tell Brand's followers is reason to return to the settlement?
(a) That a new priest has come to take over the church.
(b) That the fish have returned to the fjord.
(c) That the Mayor has promised not to punish those who left with Brand.
(d) That the church is burning and they need help to put it out.

4. 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 State.
(b) His obligation to the settlement.
(c) His obligation to his family.
(d) His obligation to the Dean.

5. During Brand's impromptu sermon, what does he claim the congregation does with God's flag?
(a) Never displays it.
(b) Fly it seven days a week.
(c) Only fly it on the Sabboth.
(d) Fly it only six days a week.

6. The schoolmaster ans the sexton are discussing the old church. What do they claim fell along with the walls of the church?
(a) Gerd's life.
(b) The lives of the townsfolk.
(c) Agnes' life.
(d) The spirits that dwelled in the church.

7. What does Brand find out from the mayor about Gerd?
(a) That she is his sister.
(b) That she is his aunt.
(c) That she escaped from another town asylum.
(d) That she will destroy their plans to re-build the church.

8. What does Gerd see when see examines Brand's hands?
(a) Words carved into them.
(b) Nothing, they are not injured at all.
(c) Nail holes.
(d) Scrapes.

9. After Brand tells Einar of his life since their last meeting, where does Einar say that Agnes is?
(a) Hell.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Purgatory.

10. As Brand is speaking aloud to himself in Act 4, he talks about a gift that Agnes possesses. What is the gift that he tells of?
(a) Her ability to see great things in small things.
(b) Her ability to heal the dying.
(c) Her ability to push forward.
(d) Her ability to see destruction before it happens.

11. Why are people from all over coming to Brand's church?
(a) The new church is being consecrated.
(b) Brand is seeing over the funeral of a town official.
(c) Agnes is ill and the town is coming to watch over her.
(d) The new church is on fire and needs to be put out.

12. Why does the Mayor claim Brand has not won "this" battle?
(a) The Mayor knows his flock.
(b) The Mayor claims to have knowledge of a sin Brand carries.
(c) The Mayor claims to have the upper hand.
(d) The Mayor says that he has sabbotaged the path Brand is on.

13. As Brand is contemplating his conversation with the dean, he states "That churchyard's watered with my bleeding; my light, my life, lie buried there:---- but not my (_____), that they'll not snare!" What will "they" not snare?
(a) His soul.
(b) His faith.
(c) His church.
(d) His love.

14. As Brand is giving an impromptu sermon to the congregation, who does he claim is the "spirit of compromise?"
(a) Satan.
(b) Himself.
(c) The mayor.
(d) God.

15. The schoolmaster and the sexton are talking about the fire that ravaged the Mayor's home. What did the mayor's wife tell him to save?
(a) Her.
(b) The entire home.
(c) His soul.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three things that the committee of the church has decided to give to Brand?

2. The schoolmaster and the sexton are talking about the fire at the mayor's home. When the mayor says, "O, that can go to hell," what do they say he is talking about?

3. The mayor comes to visit Brand claiming that he has been beaten. Why has Brand won the war?

4. As Brand leaves the Mayor to prepare for his sermon, the Mayor is very confused by Brand's words. What does the Mayor believe Brand has been doing?

5. After Brand has completed his thoughts, he seems to be worried. What does Brand ask Agnes for?

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