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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gerd wish Brand to do in her church?
(a) Sabotage the worship service.
(b) Try to help her set it fire.
(c) Become a member of the congregation.
(d) Become the priest.

3. What does the doctor compare Brand to when speaking to Brand about Alf.
(a) A snake.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A prisioner.
(d) A shipwrecked man.

4. Why can't Brand and the Woman go back the way she has come?
(a) A pack of wild animals guards the pass.
(b) The bridge was destroyed by the storm.
(c) The river has flooded and cannot be crossed on foot.
(d) Her husband is looking for her and has a gun.

5. Act Three begins how many years after Act Two?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Einar claim Brand has of his?

2. Where does Brand decide to go at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What is the peasant afraid will happen to Brand if he continues on the path he is following?

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

5. What does the doctor say Brand and Agnes must do to save Alf?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what readers find out about the fire at the Mayor's home and how he acts.

2. What act of nature happens as Brand if giving the townsfolk and Mayor trouble about their predicament?

3. Why does Brand have a problem with his mother's "feeding" of the poor box and her fortune?

4. Why is Brand not excited about the new church?

5. What does Brand's mother have to tell him about her fortune?

6. Why does Brand refuse to take the blame from the townsfolk?

7. What does the Mayor say his intentions are now that the he has claimed the war is over?

8. Why does Agnes have an issue with how rigid Brand is regarding his God and faith?

9. Brand sees Agnes sitting on the shore after the men who asked him to be their priest leave. What does Brand start to realize about Agnes?

10. Describe Einar's description of God.

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