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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 Roberts do to Pulver in jest when the Captain leaves the deck?

2. What type of study does Roberts quit before becoming a sailor?

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

4. How long has it been since the sailors have had a vacation?

5. What does Pulver say he is going to put under the Captain's bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the Captain's character traits in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

3. Into what other trouble, besides the dance, have the sailors gotten themselves while on liberty?

4. What is Pulver's excuse for not having lunch with the Captain?

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

6. What causes Miss Girard to look through one of the spyglasses while she is on the ship?

7. What does Doc think about the cargo ship and the desire to fight about which Roberts is speaking?

8. What is Dolan doing with the goat on the cargo ship?

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

10. What is the mood of the sailors as they get ready for liberty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define a dynamic character and a static character. Provide one example of a dynamic character and one of a static character, and describe how each character meets the standards of either a standard or dynamic character. Cite examples from the play, "Mr. 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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