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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 did Harry Brewer used to be?

2. At the beginning of Scene 3, what are a group of men doing?

3. Where does the first convict ship land in Australia?

4. What does an aborigine call the first convict ship to land in Australia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ketch tell Clark about leaving Ireland?

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

4. Who is Mary Brenham?

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

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

7. What is Ralph Clark doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 9?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is decided that the play The Recruiting Officer will be performed in the colony. What is the purpose of putting on a play?

Essay Topic 2

Ketch is accused and sentenced for the murder of a sailor. What were the circumstances surrounding the death of the sailor? Where was Ketch when the sailor was killed? Did Ketch receive justice?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of Our Country’s Good, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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