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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. Where does scene two take place?
(a) The promenade deck.
(b) The upper deck.
(c) The captain's cabin.
(d) The engine room.

2. Who turns Yank to stone?
(a) The fourth engineer.
(b) The second engineer.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Paddy.

3. What does Mildred say age makes a person?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Mellow.
(c) Naive.
(d) Daft.

4. What is the name of the song Paddy sings at the end of the first scene?
(a) Lincoln of Green.
(b) Muler of Dee.
(c) My Home Back Home.
(d) The Stoker's Wife.

5. What does Yank say he could see through Mildred's hands?
(a) Her dress.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Her bones.
(d) Her face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two engineers arrive in the stoke room with Mildred?

2. Who do most of the men smoke?

3. What kind of ship is the Flying Dutchman?

4. What does Paddy say ten doctors and nurses will be feeding Mildred?

5. What does Mildred tell the second engineer she dislikes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author the compare exploitation of the working classes with Christianity?

2. How does Yank get the men working harder?

3. Who are the Wobblies?

4. Why does Yank suddenly become angry with Mildred's father?

5. How do the soldiers react to Long's revolutionary speech?

6. How does the gorilla react to Yank?

7. How does Long react when Yank's temper gets the better of him?

8. How do the crowd react to Yank's anger?

9. How does Yank get himself arrested?

10. Why does Yank think he and the men are better than the upperclasses?

(see the answer keys)

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