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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. Who is escorting Mildred to the stoke hole?

2. What Irish city does Yank mention in the third scene?

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

4. Who does Paddy sing whiskey is the life of?

5. What kind of weather does Yank tell Paddy he stands for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Decribe the setting in scene eight.

2. Describe the setting in scene seven?

3. How does Yank show his rage at the end of the fourth scene?

4. In what way do the sailors sound like a mob when they speak?

5. Why does Yank get angry when a woman looks at the monkey fur coat in the shop?

6. What is Rodin's The Thinker?

7. How does Yank respond to Paddy's speech about being trapped?

8. Who are the Wobblies?

9. How does Yank react when the chief engineer begins blowing his whistle even louder than before?

10. Why does Long believe the engineers were showing Mildred the engine room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Yank's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Yank hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Yank's ideas about life?

3. How has Yank's character changed by the end of the book?

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