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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. In Act Two: Scene 11, what vision does Dabby have?

2. In Act Two: Scene 8, why is Duckling concerned about Brewer?

3. What type of play does Wisehammer say that he can write in Act Two: Scene 11?

4. Who are rehearsing in Act Two: Scene 7?

5. In Act Two: Scene 11, what does Mary tell Clark that she dreamed she had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caesar say about escaping and dying?

2. What does Sideway want to do after the play?

3. In Act Two: Scene 5, why does everyone struggle to go on with the rehearsal after Campbell leaves?

4. In Act Two: Scene 9, what is Mary doing alone on the beach?

5. What is the aborigine thinking at the beginning of Act Two: Scene 11?

6. What do Mary and Ketch say about the "savages" watching the play?

7. What happened when Tom Barret was hung?

8. Why does Brewer want Ketch to do in Act Two: Scene 6, and why is Liz not cooperating?

9. In Act Two: Scene 9, what do Clark and Mary do at the end of the scene?

10. What questions does the aborigine have about the colonists?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some officers feel that putting on a play is a waste of time. What are the pros and cons of performing the play?

Essay Topic 2

The aborigine in the play is not sure what to think of the colonists. Why is the aborigine not sure what to think of the colonists? How does he relate the colonists to dreams? Why does he decide that the colonists are not a dream?

Essay Topic 3

Convicts were transported to Australia to serve their time. For what type of crimes were convicts in the play hanged or sentenced to exile? Were the convicts given fair trials?

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