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

2. Where did Dabby Bryant grow up?
(a) Bedford.
(b) Devon.
(c) Blackpool.
(d) Cheshire.

3. Who is Liz Morden playing?
(a) Melinda.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Rose.
(d) Silvia.

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

5. What book does John Wisehammer say that his father found in a house he was clearing out?
(a) The Age of Reason.
(b) Johnson's dictionary A-L.
(c) Johnson's dictionary M-Z.
(d) Candide.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a sailor killed and Ketch was one of the men arrested for the man's death?

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

3. In the play, where does Silvia say they had cold air from when they were at boarding school?

4. What is happening to Robert Sidway in Scene 1?

5. What is Mary doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What discussion is there about Duckling playing Liz Morden's maid?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Ralph Clark doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 9?

9. Who is Mary Brenham?

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

(see the answer keys)

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