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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry reply when Sam asks him what his occupation is?
(a) Henry answers that he is a writer.
(b) Henry tells him he is a carpenter.
(c) Henry tells him he is a protester.
(d) Henry answers with several of the different jobs he has done.

2. Henry sits up on his cot, and what is his response to his mother's question?
(a) There is "not someone" with him.
(b) He does not know what happened to John.
(c) His father is dead.
(d) He has "not done something."

3. After telling Ellen about Transcendentalism, what does he invite her to do?
(a) Go beyond "living" and start "being."
(b) Go beyond "being" and start "living."
(c) Go to a Unitarian church.
(d) Be kind to others to build good karma.

4. What happens to the man, in Waldo's story, who goes to India to earn a fortune, so he can retire a poet?
(a) He dies with a huge fortune and no poems.
(b) He dies on his way to India.
(c) He never earns a fortune.
(d) He dies wealthy and a poet.

5. Why will Henry not pay his taxes?
(a) Taxes do not help the people.
(b) The government is corrupt.
(c) He does not have the money.
(d) He hates paying taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Waldo find out about Henry's arrest?

2. What is Henry's response when Ellen asks what will happen to the school now that there are no students?

3. Who does Waldo say "were trying to buy popularity?"

4. What is the only reason for why Henry leaves his home?

5. Why does Henry urge Bailey to remain uneducated?

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