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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. What does Pat promise to sing?

2. Who is playing the bagpipes?

3. What takes place suddenly in this story?

4. Why does Mulleady become angry at Princess Grace?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the conversation between Teresa and the Soldier end?

2. How does Pat feel about the way that Meg talks to him?

3. What is revealed about Mulleady and Meg in the beginning of this scene?

4. What news does Monsewer have for Pat?

5. What takes place while the Officer is thinking?

6. What happens when gunshots are heard?

7. Who does Miss Gilchrist want to leave with her? Why can this character not leave?

8. What does Pat have to say about his first meeting with Monsewer?

9. How does Meg react when the Soldier describes their situation as war?

10. What takes place while Teresa is under the bed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teresa is revealed as a humanist.

Part 1) How is she revealed as a humanist? What does her compassion foreshadow?

Part 2) How do Teresa's humanist views play into the tension of the play?

Part 3) What is the purpose for Teresa's character? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

The kidnapping of the British soldier can be seen as symbolic.

Part 1) Why is he kidnapped? How is this symbolic?

Part 2) What is the purpose of his death? Is it symbolic? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) What other examples of symbolism exist in this story? What is the purpose of this symbolism? What message does the playwright send the audience through this symbolism?

Essay Topic 3

A sub-theme of the play is no matter who and what these people are and what they do to survive, patriotism in the name of Ireland is the one noble value they have in their lives.

Part 1) How does one know this is a sub-theme?

Part 2) How does this sub-theme reflect the beliefs of the characters in this play?

Part 3) Does this type of patriotism exist anywhere else in the world? If so, where and why? If not, why not?

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