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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pegeen imagines that Christy must have the temperament of:
(a) A dead fish.
(b) A rattle snake ready to attack its next victim.
(c) A man filled with blind rage.
(d) A plow horse full of patience.

2. A second rivalry in act one involves:
(a) Shawn Keogh and Michael James.
(b) The Old Mahon and Christy Mahon.
(c) Christy Mahon and Shawn Keogh.
(d) The Widow Quin and Shawn Keogh.

3. Why was Pegeen angry with Christy for speaking with the girls and the Widow Quin?
(a) She was afraid they might hire him for more than she could pay.
(b) She was afraid she would lose the bounty for his head.
(c) He wouldn't pretend to like her to make Shawn jealous.
(d) She was jealous.

4. One of Christy favorite pastimes after working hard all day on the farm is:
(a) Searching for the walking dead.
(b) To poach rabbits in the dark.
(c) Sneaking up on ducks while they are sleeping at night.
(d) To flirt with girls.

5. The play was first published in the year:
(a) After the author's death in 1909.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Michael Flaherty happy that Christy is gone?

2. Christy committed the murder by:

3. What does Philly say he used to do for fun in the graveyard when he was a boy?

4. What happens each time Christy tells his story?

5. Where does the Widow Quin tell Old Mahon that Christy is?

(see the answer key)

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