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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Nine, The War on Poverty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tommy want from the preacher in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) Prayers for Joshua's recovery from the fever.
(b) A prayer for his eternal salvation.
(c) A baptismal service for Abe.
(d) A birth certificate to allow Joshua to work in the mines.

2. 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) Sell the child as an indentured servant.
(b) Celebrate the girl's birth with a big party.
(c) Leave the baby girl on a mountain to die.
(d) Send the child to live with the Indians.

3. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?
(a) 2009.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1775.

4. What does Tommy offer Andrew in Play Seven to obtain what he wants?
(a) A bribe.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Moonshine whiskey.
(d) The names of the union organizers.

5. In Play Eight why does Joshua tell Scotty he can't tell the miners everything that is going on with the mining company?
(a) He doesn't know what's gong on.
(b) It might cost him his life.
(c) He is working under cover for the FBI.
(d) Only people who need to know can know.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Abe urge Tommy to do after the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven?

3. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?

4. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?

5. What are Abe and Cassius supposed to do at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?

(see the answer key)

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