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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. About what does Mulleady complain, regarding his shirts?

2. What do various characters say about the Soldier?

3. Why does Meg feel betrayed?

4. As he comes in, the Soldier does what?

5. How does the story begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mulleady asks about the shirts Meg was to have laundered?

2. What happens when Meg sees Teresa?

3. What does Monsewer want to do with the Soldier? To what does this lead?

4. Why is Monsewer playing the bagpipes?

5. What does Monsewer think about the Irish soldier's predicament?

6. What takes place while the Officer is thinking?

7. For what does the Soldier ask? Does he get it? Why or why not?

8. What story does Teresa tell?

9. Who does Miss Gilchrist want to leave with her? Why can this character not leave?

10. What does Miss Gilchrist do for the Soldier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play is filled with stereotypes.

Part 1) How is the play filled with stereotypes? What begins to break down these stereotypes?

Part 2) How are these stereotypes broken down? Why are they broken down?

Part 3) How are these stereotypes seen in real life? Is this a true reflection of real life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There is a sense of vaudeville or music hall.

Part 1) How is this play like a vaudeville or music hall show?

Part 2) What is the playwright's purpose for using this style?

Part 3) Is this stylistic choice successful? Why or why not?

Part 4) If you could change anything about this play, what would it be, and why?

Essay Topic 3

The play's ultimate thematic point has to do with a universal human condition.

Part 1) What is this universal condition? How does it affect everyone?

Part 2) How have you, personally, been affected by this universal human condition?

Part 3) Do you agree with this theme? Why or why not?

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