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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Kate most about losing her job?
(a) What will become of Rose?
(b) What will become of their reputation.
(c) What will become of the sisters?
(d) What will become of Uncle Jack?

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

3. What language has Uncle Jack been speaking for twenty-five years?
(a) Swahili.
(b) English.
(c) Ugandan.
(d) Gaelic.

4. What do the people of Ballylbeg plan for Jack?
(a) A public welcome.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A bonfire.
(d) A fundraiser.

5. How long has Gerry Evans been away?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Thirteen months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose arrival throws the Mundy household into turmoil?

2. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?

3. How does Gerry Evans react when Chris tells him the family is watching them?

4. What does Danny Bradley call Rose?

5. Who is Okawa?

Short Essay Questions

1. We as readers are told that Rose is "simple." How does the playwright make that clear to the audience?

2. What is the difference between the way Kate dances and the dance of the other sisters?

3. What is significant about the names Nora and Nina that Bernie O'Donnell gave to her twin daughters?

4. Why do you think the opening tableau shows Uncle Jack in his "resplendent" uniform, which is out of place in the play's action?

5. How does Kate feel about Michael, and how can you tell?

6. Why do you think the parish priest doesn't want to look Kate in the eye since Uncle Jack came home?

7. What does Chris wear during the sisters' dancing that upsets Kate?

8. What does Agnes mean when she asks Chris, "Do you want to make a pagan of yourself?"

9. Why do you think young Michael felt unease rather than amusement or joy when his mother and aunts danced?

10. After Agnes blows Michael a kiss, she says it was the wrong thing to do. Why would it be the wrong thing to do?

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