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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is revealed about Meg?
(a) She lived in England.
(b) She is a mother.
(c) She was an orphan.
(d) She was a spy.

2. About what is Meg's song?
(a) Irish rebels being attacked by the British in the way the Germans in World War II attacked the French.
(b) Regret and loneliness.
(c) Peace between the Irish and British.
(d) Love and compassion.

3. What does Meg say to Mulleady's complaint?
(a) He should go buy new shirts.
(b) He can fold his own shirts next time.
(c) Stop complaining or else she will ask for the rent money he owes.
(d) She could not help it that his shirts became discolored or torn.

4. What ironic comment does Pat make, regarding what Monsewar has told him?
(a) How sad it is that the IRA is fighting again.
(b) How he wishes the IRA would fight again.
(c) How great it is the IRA is fighting again.
(d) How wonderful it is to be British.

5. About what else do Meg and Pat argue?
(a) Whether Meg has any right to argue because she's too young to remember the IRA's first battles in the early 1900's.
(b) Pat's ability to deal with the Soldier.
(c) Whether Meg should know many details about the arrival of this prisoner.
(d) Pat's missing leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can neither the Soldier or the Volunteer go?

2. What does the Officer say when the Soldier says he does not know anything about the business done by the British?

3. Describe the song the Soldier sings.

4. As Pat comments on how pretty Teresa is, what does Meg say?

5. When the Soldier describes their situation as war, about what does Meg speak angrily?

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