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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 Pulver say he is going to put under the Captain's bed?

2. What warning phrase do the sailors shout when spying on the women showering?

3. Which of the following best describes the Captain's actions in Act 1, Scene3?

4. What paper is Roberts holding in his hand when he runs into the doctor early in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What are Pulver, Doc, and Roberts making with Coca Cola, medication, alcohol, and iodine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Captain say about college-educated men?

2. How does Roberts seem to feel about the cargo ship and being on it?

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

4. How does Pulver react when he reads the news about Roberts?

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

6. What information does Roberts' letter share?

7. Pulver and Miss Girard are talking about what as they try to head to Pulver's cabin?

8. What does Roberts have to do to get the Captain to give the men their liberty?

9. To what realization do Doc and Roberts come regarding Roberts and the crew in Act 2, Scene 3?

10. Dowdy and Roberts discuss what regarding the nearby island in the first scene of the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define characterization and name the two types of characterization that has been studied. Provide an example of characterization from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship and interaction between the crew and Roberts. Touch on the various ways this relationship changes, why it changes, and how the relationship is when the play ends.

Essay Topic 3

Outline what a plot is. Define what exposition and climax are in a plot, and provide examples from "Mister Roberts" for these two parts.

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