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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do private and public Gar do when public Gar produces documents from a drawer?
(a) They go through the documents to relive the past.
(b) They pack the documents in the suitcase.
(c) They try to see if there are some old photographs among the documents.
(d) They check if his travel documents are in order.

2. What does public Gar mean when he says “he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?
(a) SB has made Gar work 10 minutes more.
(b) SB has been talking to Gar for more than ten minutes.
(c) Gar is in hiding.
(d) SB worked ten minutes more.

3. What, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?
(a) One is the land of customs and conventions and the other is one of materialism.
(b) One is Catholic, the other is Protestant.
(c) One is full of mystery, the other is not.
(d) One is Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.

4. What do private and public Gar do together after Madge leaves in Episode 1?
(a) They decide to take the day off.
(b) They discuss SB.
(c) They roleplay and fantasize their escape from Ireland.
(d) They get into a fight.

5. How does Katie respond to Gar's outburst in Episode 2?
(a) Katie says that this would not have happened if they had married.
(b) Katie says that Gar should marry and settle down.
(c) Katie says that Gar will miss Ireland as well.
(d) Katie observes that things were not that bad in Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to be the leader of the pack of Gar's friends?

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

3. What is Madge doing when the play opens?

4. Why does Ned give Gar his belt?

5. What is Gar's mood in the beginning of the play?

(see the answer key)

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