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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. In Act Two: Scene 2, how many lashes has John Arscott been given for trying to escape?
2. In Act Two: Scene 8, what will Duckling do if Brewer dies?
3. Where does Caesar want to go in Act Two: Scene 1?
4. Who encourages Clark to go on with the play in Act Two: Scene 2?
5. Who makes Liz stand in Act Two: Scene 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Mary and Ketch say about the "savages" watching the play?
2. What can Arscott forget when he is rehearsing in the play?
3. What vision does Dabby have when the convicts practice their bow in Act Two: Scene 11?
4. What evidence is there that Liz stole the food?
5. Who is brought to the rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 5, and why is one prisoner still in chains?
6. What rations do prisoners and soldiers receive, and how does Ross feel about that?
7. In Act Two: Scene 5, why does everyone struggle to go on with the rehearsal after Campbell leaves?
8. What does Duckling say and do when Brewer dies?
9. Why is Arscott not at the rehearsal in Act Two: Scene 5?
10. How did Liz become a criminal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The setting or settings in a play are where the action takes place. Do the settings in the play serve as a backdrop to characters or do they almost take on the role of a character? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the tone in the play?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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