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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) Dirty and middle aged.
(b) Old and smelly.
(c) Young and grimy.
(d) Young and pretty.

2. What are Harry and Duckling doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 7?
(a) Planting a garden.
(b) Tilling a garden.
(c) Preparing food.
(d) Rowing.

3. Where does Dabby say that Liz Morden lives chained up?
(a) Garden.
(b) Backyard.
(c) Cave.
(d) Shed.

4. What is the name of Sylvia's brother in the play The Recruiting Officer?
(a) Thomas.
(b) David.
(c) Owen.
(d) Michael.

5. What bird does Collins see in Scene 3?
(a) Kingfisher.
(b) Corella.
(c) Heron.
(d) Owl.

Short Answer Questions

1. How late will John Arscott be for the play rehearsal in Act One: Scene 11?

2. What does an aborigine say billows from the oars of the ship he sees in Scene 2?

3. What type of a play is The Recruiting Officer?

4. How many lashes has John Arscott been sentenced to for assault?

5. Who says that Mary Brenham can read and write?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does an aborigine describe the arrival of the first convict fleet in Botany Bay on January 20, 1788?

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

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

7. Who is Mary Brenham?

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

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

10. Why do several of the leaders consider hanging Dorothy Handland, and why is she not hanged?

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