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

2. How many parts does Ralph say there are for women in the play?

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

4. Where was Sideway born and bred?

5. In the script, it says that Captain Plume escaped from Germany, where does Ralph want to say that Plume escaped?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act One: Scene 3, why is there a discussion about hanging some of the convicts?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Ketch tell Clark about leaving Ireland?

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

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

10. Why does Clark introduce the actors, and how does Dabby feel about introductions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clark goes to Phillip in Act Two: Scene 2, and discusses whether to continue the play. Why does Clark go to Phillip and request that the play be canceled? What benefits does Phillip think the play will provide for the convicts, the authorities, and society? Why does he think the play will provide redemption? Why does he insist that the play continues?

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

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?

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