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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Episode 3 Parts 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does private Gar say that public Gar would make a great president of the United States?
(a) Private Gar is trying to cajole pubic Gar out of his despondent mood by imagining a bright future.
(b) Private Gar thinks an Irishman should become president.
(c) Private Gar does not think highly of presidents.
(d) Private Gar believes Gar will be president.

2. Who are the Gallagher girls?
(a) They are Madge and her niece.
(b) They are Katie and her sister.
(c) They are Lizzy and Maire.
(d) They are Maire, Lizzy, Una, Agnes and Rose.

3. What are the contents of Aunt Lizzy's letter?
(a) Aunt Lizzy says that Ben Burton will meet him at the airport.
(b) Aunt Lizzy says she and Con will meet Gar at the airport.
(c) Aunt Lizzy says that Con will meet him at the airport.
(d) Aunt Lizzy says that Gar will stay at the hotel.

4. Why is it easier to manage the shop now than in the past?
(a) SB used to drive himself in the past.
(b) In the past, SB was providing goods for the whole countryside. Now his business is smaller.
(c) There is more help to be hired now than in the past.
(d) There were no vans in the past.

5. What do SB and Gar talk about at first, on Gar's final morning in Ireland?
(a) They talk about Gar's departure.
(b) They talk about Philadelphia.
(c) They talk about things that need to get done for the shop at first.
(d) They talk about Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gar's first response when Con and Lizzy invite him to Philadelphia?

2. Why does Gar go where he does the night before he leaves Ireland?

3. In the flashback with Katie, what are Gar’s plans for bringing in more income?

4. What is Madge's main concern at the end of the play?

5. Why does private Gar quote Edmund Burke’s lines, “It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France…at Versailles” (12)?

(see the answer key)

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