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The Kentucky Cycle | Quiz

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The Kentucky Cycle | Quiz

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1)

When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert? (from Play Five, God's Great Supper, Part 2)

He develops dysentery.
He is captured by a Union lieutenant.
He is wounded by a Union bullet.
He falls and breaks his ankle.
2)

Who does Joshua dream of at the beginning of Play Nine? (from Play Nine, The War on Poverty)

Prosperity.
Scotty and other dead relatives calling to him across a river.
His youth.
The mine exposion that kills his son.
3)

In what year does Play Six, Tall Tales, take place? (from Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 1)

1885.
1995.
1776.
1861.
4)

When Jed returns home at the end of Play Five, what do he and his father and friends do? (from Play Five, God's Great Supper, Part 2)

Go into hiding from Sherman's Yankee army.
Have a celebratory dinner.
Switch sides and fight for the Yankees.
Attack the Talbert home, burning and killing.
5)

What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for? (from Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 1)

John Tucker.
Joshua Thomas.
Just Terrific.
Joyful Thaddeus.
6)

What is Mary Anne's relationship with Tommy in Play Seven? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 1)

They are cousins.
They are married.
They are neighbors.
They are friends.
7)

What is left of the original Rowen homestead at the beginning of Play Nine? (from Play Nine, The War on Poverty)

The old cabin.
The family well.
A fireplace from the old cabin and Treaty Oak.
Rock and a few pine trees.
8)

Why does Joshua hesitate to sell his land in Play Nine? (from Play Nine, The War on Poverty)

He doesn't like the price he's being offered.
He doesn't want the mines to have any more property.
He fears how new mining techniques affect the land.
He wants to build a retirement cabin.
9)

Why don't the Rowens rip up the contract for the mineral rights? (from Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 2)

The contract is illegal.
A lawyer advises them not to destroy it.
The contract is fake.
They don't want to believe J.T. tells the truth about lying.
10)

In the prologue of Play Six, who stands off to the side while 14-year-old Mary Anne Rowen sits at the creek? (from Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 1)

Jed Rowen.
Michael Rowen.
The adult Mary Anne.
Morning Star Rowen.
11)

Who responds when Cassius whistles at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 4)

Tommy.
Abe.
The gun sellers he is expecting.
Thugs who work for the mine.
12)

What does Mary Anne offer the doctor in lieu of cash? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 1)

The Rowen family's gold pocket watch.
Rowen land.
Her homemade preserves.
Chickens and eggs.
13)

What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians? (from Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 1)

Cherokee Oak.
Treaty Oak.
Cherokee Birch.
Indian Maple.
14)

Who promises Scotty to personally take care of the safety concerns at the mines in Play Eight? (from Play Eight, Which Side Are You On, Part 1)

Joshua.
Franklin Biggs.
James Talbert.
Scotty.
15)

What is the only thing Ezekiel Rowen takes from the Talbert home at the end of Play Five? (from Play Five, God's Great Supper, Part 2)

Talbert's military sword.
Richard Talbert's Colt pistols.
A Bible.
The gold pocket watch that is once his father Patrick's.
16)

What does Cassius Biggs do to make money in Play Seven? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 3)

He is a gun dealer.
He is a politician.
He is a miner.
He is a farmer.
17)

In Play Eight why does Joshua tell Scotty he can't tell the miners everything that is going on with the mining company? (from Play Eight, Which Side Are You On, Part 1)

Only people who need to know can know.
He is working under cover for the FBI.
He doesn't know what's gong on.
It might cost him his life.
18)

When Mary Anne argues with Tommy over what he wants the preacher to do in Play Seven, how does Tommy respond? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 2)

He threatens Mary Anne with his rifle.
He leaves Mary Anne.
He hits Mary Anne hard enough to knock her down.
He agrees with Mary Anne.
19)

At the end of Play Eight, what does Joshua want to tell the press about the explosion? (from Play Eight, Which Side Are You On, Part 2)

That it is a bomb.
The truth, that the company ignores safety concerns.
That it is an accident.
That it is an earthquake.
20)

Why does Joshua say he's given up drinking in Play Nine? (from Play Nine, The War on Poverty)

He has cirrhosis of the liver.
His last alcoholic blackout nearly kills him.
He finds religion and is changing his life.
He wants to honor his dead relatives by changing his life.
21)

Which of the following statements is not a reason J.T. wants Mary Anne to ask her father to rip up the contract for the mineral rights to the Rowen farm at the end of Play Six? (from Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 2)

The mining company destroys the land.
The rights are worth a lot more than J.T. pays for them.
Everything he says about the mineral rights is a lie.
He is afraid of Tommy.
22)

When Tommy relates some of the family history to Joshua in Play Seven, what does he say is the only thing he ever wants? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 3)

Mary Anne.
A fine house.
A job in the mines.
The Rowen family's gold pocket watch.
23)

What brings Abe Steinman to Mary Anne's door? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 1)

He is ill and needs a doctor.
He is a traveling salesman.
He needs a place to stay while looking for work at the mine.
He is a preacher.
24)

Where does Cassius Biggs, a black man, once find the kind of liberty he never experiences in America? (from Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 3)

In Spain.
In Canada.
In France.
In Mexico.
25)

Whose raiders does Jed join after he leaves Talbert's army in Play Five? (from Play Five, God's Great Supper, Part 2)

Quantrill's raiders.
A group of black raiders.
A Union officer's raiders.
A group of Kentucky raiders.
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