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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 Dabby think a man should do if he loves a woman?
(a) Take care of her.
(b) Build her a house.
(c) Buy her things.
(d) Marry her.

2. In Act Two: Scene 11, what does Arscott think of when he say his lines?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) Of his arrest.
(c) Of England.
(d) Of only the play.

3. Who does Liz say can take Duckling's part if she cannot perform?
(a) Esther.
(b) Mary.
(c) Dabby.
(d) Meg.

4. How is Silvia known when she is a man in The Recruiting Officer?
(a) Peter Forceful.
(b) Jack Wilful.
(c) David Vincent.
(d) Martin Williams.

5. Who places themselves in the middle for the bow in Act Two: Scene 11?
(a) Dabby.
(b) Liz.
(c) Sideway.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act Two: Scene 2, when will supplies be exhausted if a supply ship does not arrive?

2. How many parts does Wisehammer have to play in The Recruiting Officer?

3. What did Liz's older brother suggest she do to make a living?

4. Who is making Ketch do something at the beginning of Act Two: Scene 6?

5. Where does Harry Brewer think that Duckling is in Act Two: Scene Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Liz become a criminal?

2. What advice does Wisehammer give Mary during a rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 7?

3. In Act Two: Scene 5, why does everyone struggle to go on with the rehearsal after Campbell leaves?

4. In Act Two: Scene 9, what is Mary doing alone on the beach?

5. What can Arscott forget when he is rehearsing in the play?

6. What is the aborigine thinking at the beginning of Act Two: Scene 11?

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

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

9. What does Duckling say and do when Brewer is ill?

10. What conversation do Mary and Clark have before the play begins?

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