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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) Private Gar wishes to see the queen of France.
(b) Private Gar is warning public Gar against getting caught up in memories.
(c) Private Gar is fond of Burke.
(d) Private Gar has studied Burke.

2. What is SB’s question to Gar when he comes in for tea?
(a) He asks how much Gar has to be paid.
(b) He asks how many coils of barbed wire had come in the mail van.
(c) He asks where Madge was.
(d) He asks if Gar wants to change his plans.

3. What is Boyle's worry?
(a) He is worried about Gar.
(b) He is worried his poems are not going to become famous.
(c) He misses Maire.
(d) He is worried that the priest Canon O'Bryne may sack him.

4. What is the significance of the item Gar finds in his suitcase?
(a) It has news about Ireland.
(b) It carries news about SB.
(c) It has news about Maire.
(d) It was printed on the day SB and Maire got married.

5. What is Gar's mood in the beginning of the play?
(a) He is pensive.
(b) He is hopeful.
(c) He is ecstatic.
(d) He is sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?

2. How old is Gar?

3. Why does Gar say that Boyle may have been his father?

4. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?

5. What does Madge bring in from the scullery in Episode 1?

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