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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. Who does Ralph want Mary to play in The Recruiting Officer?

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

3. Who is playing Captain Plume?

4. How old was Mary Brenham when she quit school?

5. What was Sideway?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mary Brenham?

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

4. What is the name of the new community, and why is that name chosen?

5. What does Duckling want from Harry in Act One: Scene 7?

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

7. What discussion is there about Duckling playing Liz Morden's maid?

8. How is it discovered that Liz Morden cannot read?

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

10. What news do Ross and Campbell bring in Act One, Scene 11?

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 aborigine in the play is not sure what to think of the colonists. Why is the aborigine not sure what to think of the colonists? How does he relate the colonists to dreams? Why does he decide that the colonists are not a dream?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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