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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lashes does it take to lay bare a man's shoulder blades?

2. Where does the first scene between Melinda and Silvia take place?

3. What language does Black Casesar speak?

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

5. What is Captain Collins going to write about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mary Brenham?

3. Who are the men who stole from the ship's stores?

4. What does the Reverend Johnson say about producting the play?

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

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

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

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

9. What do Hary and Duckling see of the town when they go rowing in Act One: Scene 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Phillip has promoted the play because he believes it will help the convicts change their lives. How does Phillip believe that the theater will help the convicts become better people and better citizens? Does the play transform the lives of the convicts?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the play and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Convicts can be flogged or hanged for crimes like stealing food. Is flogging an inhumane punishment? How do officers like Ross humiliate prisoners? Are the convicts treated inhumanely?

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