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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael say is found in dancing?
(a) The heart of life and all its hopes.
(b) Strong and unrecognized feelings.
(c) Untapped emotions.
(d) Unity and community.

2. What does Agnes recommend to fix the radio?
(a) Fix the frayed cord.
(b) Move it to another room.
(c) Turn it off until it cools down.
(d) Buy a new battery.

3. What does Chris hear that Gerry Evans is doing in Dublin?
(a) Teaching Bible lessons.
(b) Teaching dance lessons.
(c) Selling encyclopedias.
(d) Selling gramophones.

4. What bad news does Chris have from Vera McLaughlin?
(a) Vera McLaughlin is dissatisfied with the sisters' knitting.
(b) Vera McLaughlin won't pay as much for hand-made gloves.
(c) Vera McLaughlin won't be buying more hand-made gloves.
(d) The sisters will have to pay for their own wool.

5. How does Michael scare Maggie?
(a) Michael pretends to see a snake.
(b) Michael pretends to see a rat.
(c) Michael pretends to see a spider.
(d) Michael pretends to see a mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael say haunts his memory of the thirties?

2. What happens to the Sweeney boy at Lughnasa?

3. Which sister does Gerry Evans dance with first?

4. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?

5. How does Maggie think Gerry Evans looks?

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