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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Christy worried about after Old Mahon leaves?
(a) That Old Mahon will return for him.
(b) That he will be late for the games.
(c) That he will be turned in to the police.
(d) What Pegeen will think of him when she hears the story.

2. Which character can be described as a character foil for Pegeen?
(a) Shawn.
(b) Christy.
(c) The Widow Quin.
(d) James Flaherty.

3. Which of the following concepts best fit the play?
(a) Life or death situations.
(b) Stereotyping.
(c) Love scorned.
(d) Good versus evil.

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

5. Pegeen attempts to discredit the Widow Quin by accusing her of:
(a) Being a spy for Father Reilly.
(b) Killing her father.
(c) Burying her husband.
(d) Poaching chickens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character tells the village girls about Christy and sends them to meet him?

3. Which character comes up with the idea of entering Christy into the races and games?

4. As Michael James meets and converses with Christy, he addresses him as:

5. Christy Mahon's big secret is that:

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