View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of play does Wisehammer say that he can write in Act Two: Scene 11?

2. What does Wisehammer want to become in Act Two: Scene 11?

3. Who is Mary addressing at the beginning of Act Two: Scene 9?

4. Who does Liz want to know that she did not steal the food?

5. In Act Two: Scene 4, who is thinking about the nature of dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mary and Ketch say about the "savages" watching the play?

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

3. What questions does the aborigine have about the colonists?

4. How does the play begin?

5. Why does Brewer want Ketch to do in Act Two: Scene 6, and why is Liz not cooperating?

6. What advice does Wisehammer give Mary during a rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 7?

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

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

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

10. What does Phillip say about humanity and about redeming Liz Morden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Phillip has promoted the play because he believes it will help the convicts change their lives. How does Phillip believe that the theater will help the convicts become better people and better citizens? Does the play transform the lives of the convicts?

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 882 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample