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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives an inspirational speech when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?
(a) Richard Talbert.
(b) Patrick Rowen.
(c) Jed Rowen.
(d) Ezekiel Rowen.

2. Who makes up what Jed calls Talbert's army in Play Five, God's Great Supper?
(a) Jed and some Irish immigrants.
(b) Twenty white men from Talbert's county.
(c) Talbert's wife and daughters.
(d) Jed, Talbert's house slave, and a handful of sharecroppers.

3. When Jed returns home at the end of Play Five, what do he and his father and friends do?
(a) Switch sides and fight for the Yankees.
(b) Attack the Talbert home, burning and killing.
(c) Go into hiding from Sherman's Yankee army.
(d) Have a celebratory dinner.

4. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A broom.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A log.

5. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?
(a) Become an indentured servant.
(b) Rob a merchant.
(c) Go to jail.
(d) Kill his first man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?

2. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?

3. How old is Patrick Rowen in Play Five?

4. Why is Rebecca Talbert unhappy with Patrick Rowen at the beginning of Play Three, The Homecoming?

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

(see the answer key)

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