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The Hostage | Quiz

Brendan Behan
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The Hostage | Quiz

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1)

What does the IRA officer come in and do? (from Act 1, Part 3)

He pays the rent for the prisoner.
He asks for a room to rent.
He aks for the prisoner.
He asks a list of questions about the house.
2)

What does Teresa say when the Officer stops her and demands to know where she is going? (from Act 3, Part 2)

She was interrogating the hostage.
She was just getting the Soldier some food.
She was just leaving.
She is leaving the boarding house.
3)

Why do Pat and the Officer go out? (from Act 1, Part 4)

To discuss plans for housing the prisoner.
To retrieve the prisoner.
To discuss Meg and Teresa.
To get away from the others.
4)

What does the officer do when Pat says he needs to go out to get the money before he will allow the prisoner to stay? (from Act 1, Part 3)

He runs out the door.
He shoves Pat.
He leaves to get the money.
He reaches for his gun.
5)

What does Meg tell Teresa about Monswer? (from Act 1, Part 4)

He is a spy.
He is a strange man.
He is a great man.
He is a horrible man.
6)

Why can neither the Soldier or the Volunteer go? (from Act 2, Part 1)

The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer does not want to take him anywhere.
The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer is on duty for another hour.
The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer is too lazy.
The Soldier is on duty, and the Volunteer is a prisoner.
7)

What does the Soldier ask Teresa to do, if he should be freed? (from Act 3, Part 2)

Write to him.
Run away with him.
Forget him.
Come to visit him at his base.
8)

When there are more gunshots, what does Teresa tell the Soldier to do? (from Act 3, Part 2)

Hide.
Kill the Officer.
Make a run for it.
Protect her.
9)

Teresa catches the Soldier looking around the room, and at first he says he is only looking for an ashtray, but then admits what? (from Act 2, Part 1)

He is looking for his dinner.
He is looking for a Bible.
He might have been looking for the bathroom.
He might have been looking for away to escape.
10)

What do Meg, Teresa and Mulleady discuss? (from Act 1, Part 4)

How Pat could go along with this plan.
How horrible the Officer is.
How the Irish prisoner must be feeling.
How the British prisoner must be feeling.
11)

What does an article in the paper say about the "the condemned soldier?" (from Act 2, Part 3)

He will be a martyr.
He is innocent.
He will be freed.
He is not going to be reprieved.
12)

As the parade passes, what does Miss Gilchrist do to the Soldier? (from Act 2, Part 1)

She reads an article from a British paper to him.
She asks if he would like to watch the parade.
She glares at him.
She prays for him.
13)

How does Monsewer go out after hearing this news? (from Act 1, Part 4)

Upset.
Pleased.
Angry.
Worried.
14)

What does the Soldier say about the members of the British Parliament? (from Act 3, Part 1)

They are more into their own concerns and lives than anything else.
They are concerned with only the British cause.
They are heartless.
They are cruel.
15)

Why do Meg and Teresa enter the scene at this point? (from Act 1, Part 3)

To speak to the Officer.
To check on the Prisoner.
To make sure Pat is alright.
To make the bed ready.
16)

What does the Soldier try to convince Meg to ask the Officer? (from Act 2, Part 3)

Why he was kidnapped.
When breakfast will be.
If he will be freed.
When he will be executed.
17)

What does Pat say is a bluff? (from Act 3, Part 1)

The article in the newspaper.
The British threats to kills the Irish soldier.
The capturing of the Irish soldier.
The imprisonment of the Soldier.
18)

About what does the Soldier tease Teresa? (from Act 2, Part 2)

Wanting to hide.
Wanting to get caught.
Wanting to stay with him.
Wanting to jump out of the window.
19)

What does the Soldier do when Teresa tries to reassure him? (from Act 3, Part 2)

He tells her she is crazy.
He accuses her of only pretending to like him.
He tells her she is a liar.
He thanks her for trying to be optimistic.
20)

What is Monsewer doing when he enters the scene? (from Act 3, Part 2)

Making desperate jokes.
Playing the bagpipes.
Running.
Panicking.
21)

How old is the Soldier? (from Act 2, Part 1)

Thirty.
Sixteen.
Twenty-five.
Nineteen.
22)

How does the scene end? (from Act 2, Part 2)

They sing and dance together, and at the end of the song they go to bed.
The Officer opens the door and finds Teresa in the room with the Soldier.
Teresa climbs out the window.
Teresa leaves.
23)

What are the marchers doing? (from Act 2, Part 1)

Celebrating a day of independence from Great Britain.
Playing with the children watching the parade.
Protesting the execution of the imprisoned Irish soldier.
Dancing an Irish jig.
24)

When the Soldier describes their situation as war, about what does Meg speak angrily? (from Act 2, Part 3)

War never ends.
She has always lived during war time.
The innocents whose lives were destroyed by that war.
Her parents were killed during a war.
25)

The Officer says the prisoner will be arriving soon but what? (from Act 1, Part 3)

They have not actually captured him yet.
He is injured.
He will be very disagreeable.
He may not be the only one.
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