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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Three, The Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Patrick Rowen tells his father he wants to marry Rebecca Talbert, how does Michael Rowen react?
(a) He disapproves and refuses to give Patrick land.
(b) He says he wants Rebecca for himself.
(c) He tells Star to get a preacher to conduct the wedding.
(d) He gives Patrick his blessing.

2. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) His doctor.
(b) The black female slave.
(c) A neighbor woman.
(d) His wife, Star.

3. In Scene Four of The Courtship of Morning Star, how does Morning star respond when Michael Rowen pulls her into his lap and begins kissing her?
(a) She bursts into tears.
(b) She pulls a knife on Rowen.
(c) She breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(d) She tells Rowen she loves him.

4. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) He becomes wealthy.
(b) He runs off with Star.
(c) He gets typhoid fever.
(d) Patrick shoots him to avoid hanging or going to jail.

5. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A log.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A broom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?

2. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

3. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?

4. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, in what language does Earl Tod initially speak?

5. What does Michael Rowen take from Earl Tod's belongings after Tod's death?

(see the answer key)

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