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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. Who does Campbell make remove his shirt in Act Two: Scene 5?

2. How many brothers does Liz have?

3. In Act Two: Scene 7, what does Silvia ask Captain Plume to do?

4. Where does Caesar want to go in Act Two: Scene 1?

5. What did Liz's older brother suggest she do to make a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Liz become a criminal?

2. In Act Two: Scene 9, what do Clark and Mary do at the end of the scene?

3. What can Arscott forget when he is rehearsing in the play?

4. What is the aborigine thinking at the beginning of Act Two: Scene 11?

5. Why is it important to measure Liz for her hanging?

6. What does Phillip say that Socrates demonstrated about a slave boy?

7. What does Sideway want to do after the play?

8. What does Duckling say and do when Brewer dies?

9. What conversation do Mary and Clark have before the play begins?

10. Who comes to join Mary on the beach and what happens in Act Two: Scene 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Convicts can be flogged or hanged for crimes like stealing food. Is flogging an inhumane punishment? How do officers like Ross humiliate prisoners? Are the convicts treated inhumanely?

Essay Topic 2

The aborigine in the play is not sure what to think of the colonists. Why is the aborigine not sure what to think of the colonists? How does he relate the colonists to dreams? Why does he decide that the colonists are not a dream?

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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