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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Scene 3, what are a group of men doing?
(a) Building a fire.
(b) Building shelters.
(c) Shooting kangaroos.
(d) Shooting birds.

2. In Act One: Scene 8, who comes when Liz and Dabby are fighting?
(a) John Arscott.
(b) Robert Sideway.
(c) Clark.
(d) Ketch.

3. What type of a play is The Recruiting Officer?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Historical.
(d) Musical.

4. How much will Sylvia inherit a year when her brother dies in the play The Recruiting Officer?
(a) 800 pounds.
(b) 1,110 pounds.
(c) 1,200 pounds.
(d) 750 pounds.

5. In Scene 3, how many convicts are found guilty of stealing from the colony's stores?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

6. How does The Recruiting Officer end?
(a) Happily.
(b) Humourously.
(c) Tragically.
(d) Calamitously.

7. In Act One: Scene 5, where did Sideway used to like to be at dawn in London?
(a) London Eye.
(b) Oxford Street.
(c) London Bridge.
(d) St. Paul's Church.

8. In Act One: Scene 5, what does Sideway steal from Ralph as they are talking?
(a) Letter.
(b) Glove.
(c) Pen.
(d) Handkerchief.

9. In the play, where does Silvia say they had cold air from when they were at boarding school?
(a) Cumbrian Mountains.
(b) Dartmour.
(c) Welsh mountains.
(d) English Channel.

10. What officers arrive in Act One: Scene 11 during the play rehearsal?
(a) Ross and Campbell.
(b) Phillip and Tench.
(c) Johnston and Dawes.
(d) Campbell and Johnson.

11. In Scene 1, where is the ship headed?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Australia.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Bahamas.

12. What does an aborigine say billows from the oars of the ship he sees in Scene 2?
(a) Fish.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Scales.
(d) Smoke.

13. When Sideway lived in London, where would he begin his work?
(a) Bond Street.
(b) Abbey Road.
(c) Savile Row.
(d) Kings Road.

14. According to Phillip, who believed that it was a citizen's duty to watch a play?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Romans.
(c) Spartans.
(d) Athenians.

15. What is Captain Collins going to write about?
(a) Indian customs.
(b) Animals.
(c) Plants.
(d) Stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liz say that she would do if she was rich?

2. How much time does Dabby say that they spent on the convict ship?

3. In Act One: Scene 10, how long before the play is performed?

4. Who is playing Sergeant Kite?

5. In Act One: Scene 7, where is Harry Brewer rowing Duckling?

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