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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Meg Long described in Act One: Scene 5?
(a) Young and grimy.
(b) Dirty and middle aged.
(c) Young and pretty.
(d) Old and smelly.

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

3. At the beginning of Act One: Scene 10, what is John Wisehammer doing?
(a) Carrying bricks.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Carrying wood.
(d) Digging.

4. What women does Brewer allow Duckling to speak to in Act One: Scene 7?
(a) Esther Abrahams and Mary Brenham.
(b) Mary Brenham and Liz Morden.
(c) Liz Morden and Meg Long.
(d) Meg Long and Esther Abrahams.

5. Where does Dabby say that Liz Morden lives chained up?
(a) Cave.
(b) Garden.
(c) Shed.
(d) Backyard.

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

7. What does Liz say that she would do if she was rich?
(a) Have cake.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Sit in a garden.
(d) Eat herself sick.

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

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

10. Where does the first scene between Melinda and Silvia take place?
(a) Melinda's apartments.
(b) A garden.
(c) Silvia's apartments.
(d) The park.

11. How many lashes does it take to lay bare a man's shoulder blades?
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 90.

12. What does Phillip name the new community?
(a) Sandy Cove.
(b) Sydney.
(c) Lagtown.
(d) Mobsbury.

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

14. What is the name of Sylvia's brother in the play The Recruiting Officer?
(a) Michael.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Owen.
(d) David.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Black Casesar speak?

2. What crop is Lieutenant Clark growing that he thinks is being stolen?

3. Who is playing Captain Plume?

4. In Act One: Scene 7, what is the courthouse made of?

5. In Scene 1, where is the ship headed?

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