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

2. How does The Recruiting Officer end?
(a) Calamitously.
(b) Tragically.
(c) Happily.
(d) Humourously.

3. What is happening to Robert Sidway in Scene 1?
(a) He is flogged.
(b) He is tied to the mast.
(c) His head is shaved.
(d) He is scrubbing the deck.

4. In Act One: Scene 7, what does Duckling accuse Brewer of doing to her all the time?
(a) Watching.
(b) Following.
(c) Confining.
(d) Mistreating.

5. Where is Black Caesar from?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Dominica.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Belize.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Scene 3, what are a group of men doing?

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

4. Who is playing Sergeant Kite?

5. How old was Mary Brenham when she quit school?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act One: Scene 8, what is Dabby thinking about?

2. What part does Black Caesar say that he will play?

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

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

5. How did Harry Brewer save a woman whom he calls Duckling?

6. Who is Mary Brenham?

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

8. In Act One, Scene 3, what is a common punishment, and how does it affect the person being punished?

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

10. What do Hary and Duckling see of the town when they go rowing in Act One: Scene 7?

(see the answer keys)

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