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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Three, The Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) His doctor.
(b) A neighbor woman.
(c) The black female slave.
(d) His wife, Star.

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

3. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) He gets typhoid fever.
(b) He runs off with Star.
(c) He becomes wealthy.
(d) Patrick shoots him to avoid hanging or going to jail.

4. 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?
(a) She tells Rowen she loves him.
(b) She pulls a knife on Rowen.
(c) She breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(d) She bursts into tears.

5. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?

2. When Patrick Rowen tells his father he wants to marry Rebecca Talbert, how does Michael Rowen react?

3. Who does Michael Rowen bring back from Louisville with him in Play Three, The Homecoming?

4. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?

5. What happens to Star at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

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