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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. What is the name of the village where the Mundys live?

2. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?

3. What superstition does Maggie believe?

4. What is Kate's nickname at school?

5. How does Chris heat the iron for their clothes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Rose can describe the Festival of Lughnasa to her sisters?

3. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?

4. How has Chris brought shame upon the Mundy family?

5. For what is the fox in the hen house a metaphor?

6. How far do the Mundys live from the rest of the village, and what significance is there in that distance?

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

8. What significance does Austin Morgan have in this story?

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

10. From what does Kate struggle to protect her home when they joke about naming the radio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The music of the 1930s has an important role in this play, as it had on the characters' lives. Analyze what you think the playwright was showing us, the audience, with the use of "Anything Goes" and "Dancing in the Dark." Listen to these once-popular songs on the Internet before writing about them, as a great deal more than the title is to be learned from them.

Essay Topic 2

Rose is described as "simple," yet she is the one who informs the family about goings-on in the village and in the world around them. How do you imagine that she gets this information, and what does it tell you about her and the way the family views her? Use examples from the play to explore Rose's character. Do her sisters understand her? Does she understand them? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The radio, "Marconi," has "killed all Christian conversation in this country," according to Kate. It has certainly had a powerful effect on the lives of the Mundy family. Analyze the effect of the radio on the lives of this family. Use examples from the script in your analysis.

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