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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pegeen punishes Christy for being friendly to the girls by:
(a) Making him scrub the dishes.
(b) Not speaking to him.
(c) Telling the details of the hanging of a man who killed his da.
(d) Banishing him from her home.

2. Who is "The Playboy of the Western World?"
(a) Old Mahon
(b) Shaneen Keogh
(c) Michael Flaherty
(d) Christy Mahon

3. Christy's demeanor as he tells his story can be described as which of the following?
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Gleeful.
(c) Tortured.
(d) Romantic.

4. Which character is the happiest at the end of the play?
(a) Shawn.
(b) Christy.
(c) Michael Flaherty.
(d) Old Mahon.

5. Pegeen changes her mind about Christy when:
(a) Shawn suggests they burn him.
(b) She receives her dispensation.
(c) He knocks his father out in her front yard.
(d) She finds out that he lied about killing his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Christy and Pegeen talk about what their life might be like together, they are:

2. Pegeen is known around the village for her:

3. The majority of the characters' dialogues include:

4. What does the Widow Quin suggest that Old Mahon do?

5. When the character, Christy Mahon enters the scene, he is:

(see the answer key)

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