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

2. In Act One: Scene 11, what rehearsal is held at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What names does Clark call his wife?

2. What language does Black Casesar speak?

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

4. What did Sideway used to buy from market traders in London?

5. In Act One: Scene 5, where did Sideway used to like to be at dawn in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is for and against the play, and who has the final word about whether to allow the performance?

2. What did Wisehammer's father used to do, and what did his father find that particularly interested him?

3. What does Wisehammer say about the word country?

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

5. How is it discovered that Liz Morden cannot read?

6. What are Mary Brenham and John Wisehammer doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 10?

7. Why does Clark introduce the actors, and how does Dabby feel about introductions?

8. Why does Harry Brewer say that he could have been one of the convicts?

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

10. What does the Reverend Johnson say about producting the play?

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