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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 drink do Miss Girard and Roberts joke is their favorite?

2. At what port are the sailors going to have liberty?

3. What position on the ship does Pulver hold?

4. What lies about the ship does Pulver tell Miss Girard?

5. Which of the following does Roberts not say about Pulver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does the Captain deliver over the loudspeaker in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. What reason is provided for why Roberts has let the Captain speak to him the way he has, and who defends Roberts?

3. What does the Captain say to Roberts about his transfer requests in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What is the response when the crew hears the Captain is still asleep and has not issued the orders for liberty to start?

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

6. What does Dolan try to pressure Roberts to do, and how does Roberts react?

7. What is Pulver's interaction with the Captain like in Act 1, Scene 3?

8. What excuse does the Captain give Roberts for canceling liberty?

9. For what is Pulver looking in Roberts' things and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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