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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brand informs the mayor that he will finance the re-building of the church. How does Brand intend to do this?
(a) With the money he gets from the congregation.
(b) With his mother's money.
(c) With Agnes' money.
(d) With the money he has earned on his own.

2. During Brand's impromptu sermon, why does the Dean claim Brand is not worth following?
(a) His faith is not true.
(b) His beleifs are too stern.
(c) He is mad.
(d) He only answers to God and not the congregation.

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

4. At the end of Act 4, Brand makes a statement regarding "true possession's price." What is the price?
(a) Labor.
(b) Hoarding.
(c) Giving.
(d) Loss.

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. What news does the new arrival to the hillside tell Brand's followers is reason to return to the settlement?
(a) That the fish have returned to the fjord.
(b) That a new priest has come to take over the church.
(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.

7. Act 5 begins how long after the close of Act 4?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two and a half years.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) A year.

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

9. What causes the avalanche at the end of the play?
(a) The congregation coming down the hillside after Brand.
(b) A rifle shot by Gerd.
(c) The ice-church sliding down the hillside.
(d) Brand throwing himself off the hilside.

10. The Mayor comes to see Brand and tells Brand that the congregation is waiting for him. What does Brand say to the Mayor's request to begin his sermon?
(a) That he has sent for someone to take his place.
(b) That he will be there shortly.
(c) That he must first find Einar.
(d) That he is not going to the church to give the sermon.

11. 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) His soul.
(b) The entire home.
(c) His children.
(d) Her.

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

13. 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 the Dean.
(c) His obligation to his family.
(d) His obligation to State.

14. According to Brand during his initial talk with the Dean, what must new houses find?
(a) Sinners.
(b) New tenants.
(c) The faithful.
(d) New followers.

15. In regard to the fire at the mayor's home, what is the mayor concerned with saving?
(a) His soul.
(b) His children.
(c) Archives.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While discussing the number of people come to the new church, where do the schoolmaster and sexton wish they could go?

3. As Brand is giving an impromptu sermon to the congregation, who does he claim is the "spirit of compromise?"

4. During Brand's contemplation of the Mayor's visit, what word does he say "slips smoothly enough from off the lips?"

5. When Brand is reunited with Einar, where does Einar say he has been?

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