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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 is happening to Robert Sidway in Scene 1?
(a) He is tied to the mast.
(b) His head is shaved.
(c) He is flogged.
(d) He is scrubbing the deck.

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

4. What does an aborigine call the first convict ship to land in Australia?
(a) Dream.
(b) Nightmare.
(c) Danger.
(d) Beast.

5. How many men are present at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the woman who stole a biscuit from Robert Sideway?

2. Who wanted Liz Morden to be in the play?

3. Where is Black Caesar from?

4. Where has Silvia been on retreat in the scene that is rehearsed in Act One: Scene 11?

5. In Act One: Scene 6, who gives the final word that they the play can be produced?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Act One: Scene 1, take place?

2. Who are the men who stole from the ship's stores?

3. In Act One: Scene 3, why is there a discussion about hanging some of the convicts?

4. Who is Mary Brenham?

5. What does Wisehammer say about the word country?

6. What will Sylvia in the play inherit?

7. What news do Ross and Campbell bring in Act One, Scene 11?

8. What does Dawes think he would prefer to do instead of watching a play?

9. What does Sideway complain about during the rehearsal in Act One: Scene 11?

10. What are the authorities doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 6?

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