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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. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?
2. What is the only thing Ezekiel Rowen takes from the Talbert home at the end of Play Five?
3. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?
4. When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert?
5. In what year does Play Five, God's Great Supper, take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the significance of Morning Star's statement in Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, that her baby is "born with teeth"?
3. Describe the mining incident with Mackie in Scene One of Play Seven.
4. Why doesn't Joshua want the miners to walk out of the unsafe Blue Star Mine in Play Eight?
5. What does the infected blanket Michael Rowen gives the Indians in Play One, Masters of the Trade, symbolize?
6. What character flaw do Patrick Rowen and his father Michael share and what dark act does it lead each of them to commit?
7. What thought does Morning Star think she and her newborn son share?
8. Why are Mary Anne and Tommy willing to take Abe Steinman in as a boarder, even though he is a stranger and involved with the union?
9. What does Michael Rowen claim his life is like prior to coming to Kentucky?
10. Mary Anne Rowen tells Joshua at the end of Play Seven that the union is now his family. In what ways is the coal miners' union like a family to the miners?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Kentucky Cycle contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in the plays and how it is used to indicate events to come.
Essay Topic 2
What character flaws and strengths do you see in the Rowen family through the generations depicted in The Kentucky Cycle? Select at least three characters from the nine plays and discuss how these flaws and strengths help or hinder the characters in dealing with the conflicts in their relationships and in their historical eras. 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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