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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. Where did Dabby Bryant grow up?

2. What women does Brewer allow Duckling to speak to in Act One: Scene 7?

3. Where does Mary have a tattoo?

4. When was a sailor killed and Ketch was one of the men arrested for the man's death?

5. What is the name of Sylvia's brother in the play The Recruiting Officer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Mary Brenham and John Wisehammer doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 10?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What will Sylvia in the play inherit?

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

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

10. What does Ketch tell Clark about leaving Ireland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal, meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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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