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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?
2. In what year does Play Four, Ties That Bind, take place?
3. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?
4. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?
5. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss how J.T. fascinates Mary Anne Rowen in Play Six, Tall Tales.
2. Is there any evidence in the text to suggest that the miners and Andrew know that Joshua Rowen is underage when he starts working at the mine in Scene Eight of Play Seven?
3. What does J.T. talk Jed Rowen into selling in Scene Two of Play Six and does Jed fully understand what he is selling?
4. What solution does Abe suggest in Scene Three of Play Seven for reducing Joshua's fever and what does he suggest Mary Anne do to prevent further such fevers?
5. What does the incident with the train in Scene Eleven of Play Seven indicate about the conflict between the coal miners and the mining company?
6. Why does Joshua hesitate to sell his property in Play Nine and is this how he always feels or is it indicative of a change in his character?
7. Describe the mining incident with Mackie in Scene One of Play Seven.
8. What is the significance of Morning Star's failure to tell her son about her visits to Joe Talbert?
9. What is the significance of a wolf howl occurring both at the beginning of The Kentucky Cycle in Play One and at the end of the Kentucky Cycle in Play Nine?
10. Explain the significance of the fact that Earl Tod speaks Cherokee in Play One, Masters of the Trade, when he first hears someone approaching him from the woods.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Revenge is one of the themes in The Kentucky Cycle. Pick any three of the plays in the book and discuss what you think the author is trying to say about revenge in each one. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Trace Mary Anne Rowen's journey of transformation from downtrodden miner's wife to union activist and mythic figure. Is her role typical or atypical for women of her rural background in her era? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Freedom and independence is one of the themes in The Kentucky Cycle. Pick any three of the plays in the book and discuss what you think the author is trying to say about freedom and independence in each one. Does the historical era of a play limit or expand the freedom of women or minorities from what it is in previous or subsequent plays? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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