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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. What is the significance of the day Aunt Lizzy and Uncle Conal visited Gar?

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

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

4. What is the name of the chapel in which Maire got married?

5. Who is loyal to Ned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to Lizzy, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?

2. What does Lizzy mean by her remark “typical Irish” (47)?

3. What do Gar's friends talk about in Episode 2?

4. Why does public Gar appeal to his father, asking him to “say something” (70)?

5. What does Lizzy describe in the flashback in Episode 2?

6. Why does private Gar interrogate public Gar after the flashback in Episode 2?

7. What do public and private Gar check after Boyle leaves?

8. What does Katie remind Gar of in Episode 2?

9. Who is Ben Burton?

10. Where do public and private Gar plan to go later that night in Episode 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on symbols in the play and their function in bringing out character, setting and theme.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Madge’s perspective could give the plot a different structure. Take into consideration her refusal to take a position.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the role of substitute mothers in the play. Does Gareth seek maternal love through his actions? Support your position with evidence from the play.

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