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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Four, Ties That Bind.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?
(a) Jeremiah accepts Patrick's slaves as payment in full.
(b) Patrick must sharecrop the land he once owns.
(c) Jeremiah takes half the Rowen land, not all of it.
(d) Jeremiah pays the debts in full for Patrick.

3. What is Earl Tod's country of origin?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

4. In what year does Play Four, Ties That Bind, take place?
(a) 1819.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1799.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?

2. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?

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

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

5. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?

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