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QUESTION 1 "The People's Messenger" is obviously a very conservative newspaper due to the fact that the editor is willing to print Dr. Stockmann's article.
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QUESTION 2 In Act III, Hovstad, the editor believes that almost everyone will be in favor of cleaning up the Baths.
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QUESTION 3 When Dr. Stockmann says, "It is war," he means that he will do physical battle to clean up the Baths is he has to.
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QUESTION 4 When Aslaksen says, "Yes, there is no denying that the Doctor is a true friend to the town--a real friend to the community, that he is," he truly believes that Dr. Stockmann has the good of the town at heart.
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QUESTION 5 Aslaksen agrees to follow Dr. Stockmann "so long as he confines himself to this matter of the Baths. But if he goes farther afield, I don't think it would be advisable to follow him." By "farther afield," he means trying to control and "purify" other elements of the town that he thinks are "unclean."
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QUESTION 6 Hovstad and Billings agree totally with Aslaksen's warning in question #5.
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QUESTION 7 Petra will not translate the book Hovstad gave her because there is too much violence in it.
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QUESTION 8 Petra says she will never trust Hovstad again because Hovstad implies that he is backing her father because he wants to gain favor with Petra.
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QUESTION 9 When Peter Stockmann challenges the editors and printer about printing Dr. Stockmann's article, Aslaksen supports vehemently (with great force) Dr. Stockmann's need to publish any article that deals with the town's impurities.
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QUESTION 10 Hovstad and Aslaksen change their opinion about how beneficial it would be to clean up the Baths when they hear how much it will cost the town.
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QUESTION 11 When Aslaksen says to Dr. Stockmann, "Yes, our townsfolk have had a very high opinion of you so far, Doctor." He is implying that the town will change its opinion of Dr. Stockmann's purification techniques when they find out how much it will cost.
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QUESTION 12 "Dr. Stockmann. Be respectful, my good Peter. I am the chief authority in the town now." The irony in this statement is that, after the town finds out how much the Baths will cost to clean up, Dr. Stockmann will have NO authority in the town.
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QUESTION 13 One reason that Hovstad and Aslaksen will not print Dr. Stockmann's article after they talk to Peter Stockmann is that they realize the town will not support them when it realizes it will practically have to bankrupt itself to clean up the Baths.
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QUESTION 14 Mrs. Stockmann, once she finds out the town has turned against her husband, also withdraws her support.
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QUESTION 15 Hovstad decides to print an article by Peter Stockmann inferring that the impurities found in the Baths are just an exaggeration founded in his brother's imagination.
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