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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Dancing at Lughnasa take place?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1938.

2. What is the first thing the Mundys listen to on the radio?
(a) Irish news.
(b) British news.
(c) Irish dance music.
(d) British dance music.

3. What do the characters call movies?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Moving pictures.
(c) Films.
(d) Cinema.

4. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Rose.
(c) Kate.
(d) Maggie.

5. What does Gerry Evans want Chris to do?
(a) Run away with him.
(b) Go to the harvest dance with him.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Tell Michael about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kate's nickname at school?

2. Which of the sisters refuses to watch Chris dancing with Gerry Evans?

3. Which of the sisters is the most graceful dancer?

4. What does Kate bring Chris from town because she is "far too pale?"

5. Who is Lugh?

(see the answer key)

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