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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 Pegeen's reaction when she enters her home to find the village girls toasting Christy and the Widow Quin?
(a) She is thankful for their help.
(b) She is not pleased.
(c) She chases them out with a broom.
(d) She tries to get them to take Christy with them.

2. Pegeen's approximate age in the play is:
(a) Twenty five years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) Fifty years old.

3. Which character comes up with the idea of entering Christy into the races and games?
(a) Pegeen.
(b) Shawn Keogh
(c) The Widow Quin.
(d) Sara Tansey.

4. The term "pot-boy" refers to:
(a) A boy who collects coins in a pot at a wake.
(b) A boy hired to empty the contents of the out house.
(c) A young lad paid a meager fee to keep a woman from being alone.
(d) A boy hired to bring food home from the market in a pot.

5. The character of Christy is portrayed as:
(a) A dunce.
(b) A cold blooded murderer.
(c) Young and naive.
(d) Brave and heroic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character can be described as a character foil for Pegeen?

2. When Act II opens, what is the time of day?

3. The villagers seem very religious, yet they treat Christy with:

4. Christy responds to Pegeen with, "We're alike so" after she tells him:

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

(see the answer key)

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