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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ball becomes a general, and urges them all to do what?
(a) Fire.
(b) Learn how to kill.
(c) Get into line.
(d) Choose a weapon.

2. Why is Deacon Ball, the Chair of the Concord School Committee, shocked at what Henry has been discussing with his class?
(a) He is not following the curriculum.
(b) Matters of theology should be left to religious leaders.
(c) There are girls in the course.
(d) The students do not address him as "Sir."

3. What does Henry tell Waldo that he has to do, besides cast a vote in an election?
(a) More.
(b) Run for office.
(c) Protest.
(d) Write letters to the politicians.

4. What is happening to Henry in this scene?
(a) He is caught in the tornado.
(b) He and Bailey are caught in a fire.
(c) He has sold his soul to the devil.
(d) His nightmare of the war is being enacted.

5. Why is Henry seized with a new feeling of love for Ellen?
(a) She comforts him.
(b) She weeps over John's coffin.
(c) She actually understands Transcendentalism
(d) She says she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name does Williams adopts?

3. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?

4. What is Henry doing when Williams, an escaped slave, appears?

5. Henry rings the town bell, and tells everyone that Waldo will be giving a speech. Why does Waldo not appear?

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