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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the Soldier is gone, what does Teresa do?
(a) She runs back with the cigarettes.
(b) She searches for him.
(c) She pours him a cup of tea.
(d) She brings him his dinner.

2. When Monsewer comes in with Pat, what are they discussing?
(a) How well he plays the badpipes.
(b) How badly he played but that his playing will be better in the morning.
(c) What is for dinner.
(d) When he will play the bagpipes again.

3. What does Monsewer do to the Soldier?
(a) He allows him out to go for a walk.
(b) He brings him dinner.
(c) He prays for him.
(d) He interrogates him.

4. What does the Officer do after Pat calls him?
(a) He takes the Soldier out.
(b) He orders an escort for the Soldier.
(c) He ignores him.
(d) He tells Pat to stay quiet.

5. What crude comment does Meg make to Miss Gilchrist?
(a) Miss Gilchrist only wants to be saved by Mulleady.
(b) Miss Gilchrist is only interested in worshipping Mulleady.
(c) Miss Gilchrist's only principle is her relationship with Mulleady.
(d) Miss Gilchrist loves the Bible for its dirty stories.

6. The Soldier speaks flirtatiously with Teresa, saying what?
(a) She looks like an English maiden.
(b) He thinks she is beautiful.
(c) He liked her dancing and that he hopes she cooked the food she brought.
(d) He hopes she is a good cook.

7. What does the Soldier say about dying?
(a) He is afraid to die.
(b) He should not have to die.
(c) An Englishman can die with just as much courage as an Irishman.
(d) He does not want to die.

8. What do Princess Grace, Mulleady, and other tenants come in to do?
(a) To taunt the prisoner.
(b) Try to catch a glimpse of the prisoner.
(c) To help the prisoner.
(d) To offer support.

9. What does Teresa do when she finds out that the Officer never gave the Soldier the cigarettes she brought?
(a) She goes to get him cigarettes.
(b) She cries.
(c) She argues with the Officer.
(d) She curses.

10. As the parade passes, what does Miss Gilchrist do to the Soldier?
(a) She prays for him.
(b) She reads an article from a British paper to him.
(c) She asks if he would like to watch the parade.
(d) She glares at him.

11. What does the Soldier wonder about Teresa?
(a) Where she is from.
(b) Whether she will bring him his dinner.
(c) Whether she will bring him the tea.
(d) Why she is here.

12. Why can neither the Soldier or the Volunteer go?
(a) The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer does not want to take him anywhere.
(b) The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer is too lazy.
(c) The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer is on duty for another hour.
(d) The Soldier is on duty, and the Volunteer is a prisoner.

13. What does the Officer say when the Soldier says he does not know anything about the business done by the British?
(a) He is not expected to know the business done by the British.
(b) He is a liar.
(c) He will learn shortly when he gets a bullet in the head.
(d) Everyone knows about the business done by the British.

14. When Meg is finished, what is Pat's comment?
(a) Can she sing a more optimistic tune.
(b) The song was beautiful.
(c) The author of the play should have sung the song.
(d) Is she done torturing them.

15. What does the Soldier ask the Volunteer if he can go and do?
(a) Get his own dinner.
(b) See the rest of the house.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Out back to relieve himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meg appears, looking for whom?

2. What story does Teresa tell?

3. What do the Officer and the Volunteer do as Pat, Meg and Miss Gilchrist sit, drink, sing, and bicker over whether Pat was a good soldier in the cause of the IRA?

4. What will happen if the Irish soldier is executed?

5. How do Meg and the other characters make jokes about the author?

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