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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pegeen asks Christy if he is attracting many girls after telling his story, he replies:
(a) "Yes, they won't leave me be."
(b) "Hundreds."
(c) "I haven't told my story no place till this night."
(d) "No, just the Widow Quin."

2. Michael James and his friends Jimmy and Philly are in a hurry to leave so that they can:
(a) Drink the best stuff at the wake.
(b) Tell the peelers about Christy.
(c) Get the Bishops blessing for the wedding.
(d) Collect a bounty for the body in the ditch.

3. The Widow Quin tells Christy that Pegeen is:
(a) Not a christian.
(b) Engaged to be married.
(c) Rude.
(d) A Widow herself.

4. A "shebeen" is a:
(a) Vegetable grown for irish stew.
(b) Female of ill repute.
(c) Makeshift country inn.
(d) Fireplace.

5. A common greeting amongst the characters is:
(a) The divil a one!
(b) May the Saints Joseph, Patrick, Bridgid and James have mercy!
(c) For the love of Almighty God!
(d) God bless you!

Short Answer Questions

1. The most significant conflict at the end of Act 1 is:

2. When the village girls come to meet Christy, the one item they do not bring him is?

3. The length of time covered in Act 1 is:

4. What Christy offer the Widow Quin if she will help him win Pegeen?

5. Pegeen is like her father in that they are both:

(see the answer key)

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