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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Five, God's Great Supper, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Michael Rowen bring back from Louisville with him in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) A black female slave.
(b) A doctor.
(c) His Irish mother.
(d) A British soldier.

2. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty-five years.
(c) One hundred years.
(d) One year.

3. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Rowen plan to do if Morning Star has a girl instead of a boy when she delivers the baby she is expecting?
(a) Celebrate the girl's birth with a big party.
(b) Send the child to live with the Indians.
(c) Leave the baby girl on a mountain to die.
(d) Sell the child as an indentured servant.

4. Why does Richard tell Jed they should bury their differences?
(a) To unite against a common foe, the Yankees.
(b) He is running for office and wants Jed's vote.
(c) He's tired of the bad blood between them.
(d) He wants to marry Jed's sister.

5. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) The gold pocket watch Rowen took from Earl Tod.
(c) A silver rattle.
(d) A cornshuck doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?

2. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?

3. In Scene Four of The Courtship of Morning Star, how does Morning star respond when Michael Rowen pulls her into his lap and begins kissing her?

4. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?

5. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?

(see the answer key)

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