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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 crop is Lieutenant Clark growing that he thinks is being stolen?

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

3. In Act One: Scene 5, how many plays does Mary Brenham remember that she has seen?

4. What is Captain Collins going to write about?

5. What is the date at the beginning of Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Reverend Johnson say about producting the play?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Act One: Scene 8, what is Dabby thinking about?

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

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

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

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?

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