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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. What type of a play is The Recruiting Officer?

3. In Act One: Scene 9, who does Clark say were caught by the Patrols in the women's camp?

4. Who is Liz Morden playing?

5. How old is the woman who stole a biscuit from Robert Sideway?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wisehammer say about the word country?

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

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

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

5. What are the authorities doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 6?

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

7. Who is Mary Brenham?

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

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

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

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

Clark is given the job of directing a play using convicts as actors. Why are convicts chosen to be actors? Why does Clark struggle with auditions and assigning roles?

Essay Topic 3

Some actors play two parts in The Recruiting Officer. Why do some characters have to play dual roles in The Recruiting Officer? Why do Clark and others believe that the audience will easily understand when characters are playing two parts?

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