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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Miss Gilchrist takes a drink to the Soldier, what does the Volunteer do?

2. What does the Soldier try to convince Meg to ask the Officer?

3. What does Teresa do as Pat sits on the bed?

4. What do Meg and Miss Gilchrist tell Pat he needs to reconsider?

5. Who did Teresa help when she was a child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Various characters are symbolic.

Part 1) How are the characters symbolic? Why are they each symbolic?

Part 2) How do they evolve throughout the play? What is the purpose of this evolution?

Part 3) What message does the playwright want the audience to take away from these symbolic characters, as well as how they evolve and are developed throughout the play.

Essay Topic 2

It is difficult to understand this play without some idea of the long-standing battle waged by the IRA for Ireland's independence from Great Britain.

Part 1) Describe this battle, based on class discussions and information from the play.

Part 2) What does this play reveal about this battle?

Part 3) Based on this play, how successful is the IRA? Why?

Part 4) How are the Irish and British of today affected by this battle? How does it also affect others outside this part of the world?

Essay Topic 3

Pat makes a comment about H-bombs.

Part 1) What is the comment that he makes? Why does he make this comment?

Part 2) How is this comment important to the play and the message sent by the playwright to the audience?

Part 3) What is the connection between this comment and the soldier's song at the end of the act? What is the purpose for this connection?

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