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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 does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?
2. How old are Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen in Play Three, The Homecoming?
3. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?
4. What happens to Star at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of soldier is Richard Talbert once he gets to the battle field in Play Five, God's Great Supper?
2. Why do the union and the mining company have to share responsibility for the mining accident at the end of Play Eight?
3. What is Jeremiah's motivation for wanting control of Patrick Rowen's land?
4. Explain how Jeremiah's name foreshadows the fate of the Rowen family in Play Four, Ties That Bind.
5. What does Michael Rowen mean when he tells Morning Star he learns early that blood is the "coin of the realm"?
6. What evidence is there in Chapters Four to Seven of Play Seven that Tommy Jackson is not interested in supporting a coal miners' union?
7. What thought does Morning Star think she and her newborn son share?
8. Why does Lana want to break off her affair with Joshua?
9. Which Talberts does Jed let live when his family attacks the Talbert homestead in Play Five, God's Great Supper?
10. How does the mining accident in Scene Nine of Play Seven influence Mary Anne's opinion about the union?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The land motivates members of the Rowen family from Michael Rowen in Play One to Joshua Rowen in Play Nine. Discuss the relationship of the Rowens and their land and how this relationship parallels the history of the coal industry in the state of Kentucky. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Several murders occur in The Kentucky Cycle. Discuss Michael Rowen's murder of Sam, Patrick Rowen's murders of Michael Rowen and Joe Talbert, and Jed Rowen's murder of Richard Talbert. What motivates each of these killings and what theme(s) or lesson(s) do you think the author is trying to convey through these incidents? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Dreams are a recurring motif throughout The Kentucky Cycle. Cite three examples from the text of the use of this motif and discuss what you think it represents in each example.
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