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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act Two: Scene 11, what vision does Dabby have?
(a) A successful play and her returning to Devon.
(b) Mary doing a wonderful job in the play.
(c) Herself returning to England.
(d) The convicts getting a standing ovation.

2. In Act Two: Scene 4, who is thinking about the nature of dreams?
(a) Phillip.
(b) Aborigine.
(c) Clark.
(d) Johnson.

3. In Act Two: Scene 1, who is in chains?
(a) Caesar, Ketch, and Wisehammer.
(b) Duckling, Arscott, and Sideway.
(c) Liz, Mary, Sideway, and Dabby.
(d) Liz, Wisehammer, Arscott, and Caesar.

4. Who makes Liz stand in Act Two: Scene 6?
(a) Ross.
(b) Brewer.
(c) Tench.
(d) Campbell.

5. What does Mary bring Duckling in Act Two: Scene 11?
(a) Pear.
(b) Orange.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Banana.

6. What type of play does Wisehammer say that he can write in Act Two: Scene 11?
(a) About justice.
(b) About prison.
(c) About injustice.
(d) About freedom.

7. Why does Arscott think he should be in the middle for the bow at the end of the play?
(a) He speaks last.
(b) He is the most important.
(c) He is the shortest.
(d) He is the tallest.

8. In Act Two: Scene 10, what does Ross say will happen if Liz is not hanged?
(a) Revolt.
(b) Mutiny.
(c) Riot.
(d) Uprising.

9. In Act Two: Scene 1, who gave permission for people to visit the prisoners?
(a) Tench.
(b) Collins.
(c) Harry.
(d) Campbell.

10. In Act Two: Scene 2, when will supplies be exhausted if a supply ship does not arrive?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 3 months.

11. In Act Two: Scene 5, since Arscott fainted, how many more lashes does he have to receive for his punishment?
(a) 49.
(b) 53.
(c) 70.
(d) 68.

12. In Act Two: Scene 8, what will Duckling never imagine again if Brewer lives?
(a) Finding another man.
(b) Leaving him.
(c) Making love to another man.
(d) Going back to England.

13. In Act Two: Scene 11, what does Mary tell Clark that she dreamed she had?
(a) Necklace of pearls and three children.
(b) Jade necklace and two children.
(c) Five children.
(d) Four children.

14. In Act Two: Scene 7, how many ghosts does the aborigine see spilling from the dream?
(a) Multtudes.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Crowds.
(d) Dozens.

15. What does Phillip say that a slave boy can learn in Act Two: Scene 2?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liz tell the authorities in Act Two: Scene 10?

2. Who does Mary want to inform of Dabby's plan to escape in Act Two: Scene 11?

3. Who does Mary wonder if they are coming to see the play?

4. Who does Liz want to know that she did not steal the food?

5. What is the title of Act Two: Scene 9?

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