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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Uncle Jack speaks of Uganda, what does he call it?
2. Where does Gerry Evans sign up to join the Spanish army?
3. How long does it take Michael to find Agnes and Rose?
4. In Act 2, what does Maggie think Agnes should do to make a living?
5. Why is Kate offended at Uncle Jack's talk of multiple wives?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Gerry Evans sign up for military service, and why is that location significant?
2. What significance do you make of the fact that the recruiter who enlists Gerry Evans in the war effort is, unnoticed by Gerry Evans until after he is writing his name, a midget?
3. How did Michael behave as his father, Gerry Evans, had done?
4. Why did Kate believe Agnes could not work in a factory?
5. Why might Agnes have believed Rose could not get work in the factory?
6. How does the Industrial Revolution affect the lives of the Mundy sisters?
7. Why does Gerry Evans decide to go to war in a foreign country?
8. What has Rose forgotten when she comes home from her meeting with Danny Bradley?
9. What phrase did Kate hit upon that comforted her as she tried to understand Uncle Jack's changed attitude toward life since his stay in Ryanda?
10. What is Michael writing to ask Santa Claus to bring, and why is the gift he wants significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Maggie asks riddles of young Michael, and he never offers any possible answers, even when she chides him for being stupid. In the end, she herself has forgotten the answer to the riddle she poses. Analyze the playwright's use of riddles in this way. What do you think he is trying to say about Maggie? About Michael? About life?
Essay Topic 2
When Rose is lost, the hierarchy within the group of sisters changes. Who is usually in charge and who takes over during the emergency? Using quotations from the play, explain this dynamic and tell why you think the change took place.
Essay Topic 3
The playwright, Brian Friel, uses the character Michael to tell the audience the eventual fate of the characters before the play itself is finished. How did knowing where the characters' actions would lead them affect you as a reader? Did you find it an effective dramatic device?
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