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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. Why is Kate offended at Uncle Jack's talk of multiple wives?

2. What do Agnes and Rose tell the family not to do?

3. Why does Michael leave the family home when he is old enough?

4. What does Gerry Evans think Agnes should do for a living?

5. Why does Kate think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his ministry in Ryanga when Maggie asks if the people there gathered in his church for ceremonies?

2. How does Rose trick Agnes and get away from her?

3. What significance do you make of the fact that the recruiter who enlists Gerry Evans in the war effort is, unnoticed by Gerry Evans until after he is writing his name, a midget?

4. The recruiter tells Gerry Evans that he is invaluable to the brigade because he is a master at disguising himself. How does this revelation relate to the false impression he has given to Gerry Evans?

5. Who does Maggie forget to count when she is calculating people they must feed for dinner?

6. What has changed about Rose's appearance when she comes home from her meeting with Danny Bradley?

7. Where did Gerry Evans sign up for military service, and why is that location significant?

8. What phrase did Kate hit upon that comforted her as she tried to understand Uncle Jack's changed attitude toward life since his stay in Ryanda?

9. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his relationship to Okawa when he speaks about his time in Uganda?

10. When Uncle Jack hears wedding bells, he asks if it is one of his sisters who is getting married. Who is actually marrying?

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

Compare and contrast the Ryangan idea of marriage with what Kate calls the "holy sacrament of matrimony." Judging from the main characters and their romantic relationships, make a statement comparing the costs and benefits of both kinds of marriage. Cite quotations from the play to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

What irony do you see in the fact that Kate eventually finds work as a tutor for Austin Morgan's young family? Explain whether this is an example of situational or dramatic irony and why you think so (or do not think so).

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