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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is playing Captain Plume?
(a) Robert Sideway.
(b) Ketch Freeman.
(c) John Wisehammer.
(d) Henry Kable.

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

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

4. What is the date at the beginning of Scene 1?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1786.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1789.

5. What was Sideway?
(a) Gambler.
(b) Poacher.
(c) Pyromaniac.
(d) Pickpocket.

6. What is Dabby Bryant doing at the Beginning of Act One: Scene 8?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Sitting on the ground.
(c) Walking back and forth.
(d) Eating.

7. Where is Black Caesar from?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Dominica.
(c) Belize.
(d) Barbados.

8. How does an aborigine describe the first convict ship to land in Australia?
(a) Floating house.
(b) Giant boat.
(c) Floating tent.
(d) Giant canoe.

9. How old was Mary Brenham when she quit school?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

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

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

12. When was a sailor killed and Ketch was one of the men arrested for the man's death?
(a) May 18.
(b) May 30.
(c) May 23.
(d) May 4.

13. Who is Dabby playing?
(a) A servant.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Rose.
(d) Melinda.

14. What are Harry and Duckling doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 7?
(a) Preparing food.
(b) Tilling a garden.
(c) Planting a garden.
(d) Rowing.

15. How many parts does Ralph say there are for women in the play?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dabby Bryant wish to go back to?

2. Where does the first scene between Melinda and Silvia take place?

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

4. What women does Brewer allow Duckling to speak to in Act One: Scene 7?

5. What type of ship is sailing in Scene 1?

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