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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. What does Clark read until midnight in Act One: Scene 9?

2. In Act One: Scene 7, what is the courthouse made of?

3. What crop is Lieutenant Clark growing that he thinks is being stolen?

4. What book does John Wisehammer say that his father found in a house he was clearing out?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What part does Black Caesar say that he will play?

3. Can Dabby Bryant read, and how does that affect her getting a part in the play?

4. In Act 1: Scene 9, what does Ketch want?

5. Who is Mary Brenham?

6. How did Harry Brewer save a woman whom he calls Duckling?

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

8. Why do several of the leaders consider hanging Dorothy Handland, and why is she not hanged?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Convicts were transported to Australia to serve their time. For what type of crimes were convicts in the play hanged or sentenced to exile? Were the convicts given fair trials?

Essay Topic 2

Liz was seen with Kable before the food was stolen. What evidence was there that Liz had stolen the evidence? Why is the evidence flimsy? Was Liz convicted because of guilt-by-association?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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