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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. In Act Two: Scene 6, what crime is Liz accused of?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Murder.
(c) Running away.
(d) Stealing food.

2. What was Phillip doing when he was asked to become governor of the penal colony?
(a) Farming.
(b) Serving as a magistrate.
(c) Serving as an actuary.
(d) Teaching.

3. What will Duckling answer if Brewer lives in Act Two: Scene 8?
(a) Questions.
(b) Inquiries.
(c) Interrogations.
(d) Queries.

4. What illness does Ketch say that the aborigines have?
(a) Measles.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Diptheria.
(d) Small pox.

5. Who does Caesar think will help him escape?
(a) Ancestors.
(b) Clark.
(c) Aborigines.
(d) Rev. Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act Two: Scene 11, what does Arscott think of when he say his lines?

2. What does Liz tell the authorities in Act Two: Scene 10?

3. What type of tree does Ketch think he will need to use for Liz?

4. Why does Arscott think he should be in the middle for the bow at the end of the play?

5. Who does Mary wonder if they are coming to see the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act Two: Scene 9, what do Clark and Mary do at the end of the scene?

2. Why is Arscott not at the rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 5?

3. Who is brought to the rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 5, and why is one prisoner still in chains?

4. What questions does the aborigine have about the colonists?

5. Why does Brewer want Ketch to do in Act Two: Scene 6, and why is Liz not cooperating?

6. What do Mary and Ketch say about the "savages" watching the play?

7. How did Liz become a criminal?

8. What does Phillip say that Socrates demonstrated about a slave boy?

9. What does Wisehammer want to do after the play?

10. Why does Clark end the rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 7?

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