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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time does Dabby say that they spent on the convict ship?
(a) 9 months and 3 weeks.
(b) 7 months and 3 1/2 weeks.
(c) 8 months and 1 week.
(d) 10 months and 2 weeks.

2. How much food does Dabby say that Mary had on board the ship thanks to her?
(a) 3 pounds of beef a week and 2 extra pounds of cheese.
(b) 4 pounds of beef a week and 1 extra pound of cheese.
(c) 1 pound of beef a week and 4 extra pounds of cheese.
(d) 2 pounds of beef a week and 3 extra pounds of cheese.

3. What is Mary doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 10?
(a) Walking.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Copying the play.
(d) Cooking.

4. What does Clark read until midnight in Act One: Scene 9?
(a) Eccleasiastes.
(b) Job.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Proverbs.

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

6. In Act One: Scene 6, who gives the final word that they the play can be produced?
(a) Dawes.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Collins.
(d) Phillip.

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

8. How many men run away in Act One: Scene 11?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

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

11. Who come to see Ralph in Act One: Scene 5 regarding being in the play?
(a) Meg Long and Mary Brenham.
(b) John Arscott and Liz Morden.
(c) Will Dawes and Duckling Smith.
(d) Dabby Bryant and Mary Brenham.

12. How late will John Arscott be for the play rehearsal in Act One: Scene 11?
(a) An hour.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) 10 minutes.

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

14. Where was Sideway born and bred?
(a) Bexley.
(b) Wandsworth.
(c) Southwark.
(d) Bermondsey.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many lashes has John Arscott been sentenced to for assault?

3. What is Dabby Bryant doing at the Beginning of Act One: Scene 8?

4. How does The Recruiting Officer end?

5. In Act One: Scene 7, what does Duckling accuse Brewer of doing to her all the time?

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