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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the sailor shows a handful of notes, what do Meg and Pat comment?
(a) They do not want his dirty money.
(b) No amount of money can persuade them.
(c) Money means nothing when one is a Communist.
(d) Money is the best religion and the best form of politics.

2. Why does Meg tell Teresa to stop thinking about this person's fate?
(a) She does not want to think about his fate.
(b) There is no need to mourn him before it becomes necessary.
(c) It will only make her worry more.
(d) She does not care about this person.

3. Meg comes back in. About what do she and Pat argue?
(a) Whether Monsewer's leaving is a good choice.
(b) Whether the Irish Soldier should be staying here.
(c) Whether Monsewer's kidnapping plan is a good one.
(d) Whether the British will take them hostage.

4. How does Pat say he lost his leg?
(a) He had it amputated after an infection.
(b) In an automobile accident.
(c) As a soldier.
(d) As a child.

5. What do Pat and Meg talk briefly about when Monsewer leaves?
(a) The prostitutes in the house.
(b) One of the tenants Monsewer brought into the house.
(c) How well he runs the house.
(d) The boarding house's expenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. This raucous comedy-drama tells the parallel stories of what two people?

2. About what does Mulleady complain, regarding his shirts?

3. What do Meg and Pat say Monsewer studied?

4. How does Miss Gilchrist respond to angry inquiries about what her name means?

5. Who are the caretakers?

(see the answer key)

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