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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. What is Meg Long's nickname?
(a) Grubby.
(b) Hands.
(c) Pickles.
(d) Shitty.

2. How many lashes has John Arscott been sentenced to for assault?
(a) 150.
(b) 125.
(c) 100.
(d) 90.

3. Why does John Wisehammer say that his father cleared the houses of the dead?
(a) To sell old books.
(b) To sell old linens.
(c) To sell old clothes.
(d) To sell old furniture.

4. Who does Ralph want Mary to play in The Recruiting Officer?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Melinda.
(c) Lucvy.
(d) Rose.

5. What play did Ralph Clark read on the ship?
(a) The Siege of Damascus.
(b) The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey.
(c) Wexford Wells.
(d) The Imperial Captives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What names does Clark call his wife?

2. What type of ship is sailing in Scene 1?

3. At the beginning of Act One: Scene 10, what is John Wisehammer doing?

4. In Act One: Scene 11, what rehearsal is held at the beginning of the scene?

5. Where does the first convict ship land in Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ketch tell Clark about leaving Ireland?

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

3. Can Dabby Bryant read, and how does that affect her getting a part in the play?

4. In Act 1: Scene 9, what does Ketch want?

5. What will Sylvia in the play inherit?

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

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

8. How does Sideway discuss himself and his life in London?

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

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

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