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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 Dolan say about Roberts' letter?

2. In what geographical location are the sailors having their liberty?

3. What order does the Captain give Roberts regarding his letter writing?

4. What type of men does the Captain say he resents?

5. Who says that Roberts' is stupid for "chasing death?"

Short Essay Questions

1. About what do Dolan and Pulver speak when Dolan comes to drop off Roberts' letter?

2. What does the Captain do when he first realizes what has happened to his palm tree?

3. What happens when Pulver goes to test his firecracker?

4. What leads to so many injured sailors at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Wiley say about liberty?

6. What are the Captain's orders about fruit, and why does Roberts break these orders?

7. What does the Captain ask Roberts to do at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

8. What happens in Act 2, Scene 4, when the Captain gets angry?

9. What information does Furnell's letter share?

10. What is Roberts' opinion of Pulver in Act 1, Scene 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between theme and mood in a piece of literature? Provide one example of each from the play "Mister Roberts."

Essay Topic 2

Why is liberty so important to the men on the cargo ship? What importance or role does liberty play in the unfolding of the story "Mister Roberts?" Would this story have been the same if the conflict surrounding the men's liberty was removed?

Essay Topic 3

Define protagonist and antagonist. Provide one example from the text of both a protagonist and antagonist, and explain how that character fulfills the role of either an antagonist or a protagonist.

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