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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 do Meg and Pat say drove Monsewer half mad?

2. What does Teresa insist will be a shame?

3. Who speaks angrily to the characters?

4. What do Meg and Pat say Monsewer studied?

5. Pat comes back in with Monsewer and Meg tells him what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Monsewer want to do with the Soldier? To what does this lead?

2. How did Monsewer come about his name?

3. What do Pat and Meg think about the kidnapping of the British soldier?

4. How do Teresa and Meg feel about Monsewer?

5. How does Miss Gilchrist respond when the others angrily ask her about her name?

6. What does Mulleady think about the Polish sailor? What is Pat's response?

7. How does Meg react to Princess Grace's news? How do the others respond?

8. What do Meg and Pat think about the treaty that was signed?

9. What does Miss Gilchrist do for the Soldier?

10. What is revealed about Teresa in this scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Princess Grace makes a comment about the censor.

Part 1) What is the censor? What is the censor's purpose?

Part 2) How does this affect Ireland?

Part 3) How does it increase tension between Ireland and England? Are censors used in other parts of the world? Do they create such tension? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The last scene contains sudden violence.

Part 1) Describe this sudden violence. Why is it so sudden?

Part 2) What is the purpose of this sudden violence? How does it support the theme?

Part 3) What message is sent to the audience through this violence?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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