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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once she is alone with Christy, Pegeen spends a great deal of time:
(a) Sweet talking him.
(b) Asking him about his old girlfriends.
(c) Discussing her engagement with Shawn.
(d) Discussing her plot to kill her father.

2. The most significant conflict at the end of Act 1 is:
(a) Christy has run away from home.
(b) Pegeen is flirting with Christy when she is engaged to someone else.
(c) The Widow Quin wants to take Christy home.
(d) Michael James has had too much to drink at the wake.

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

4. The setting of Act 1 takes place:
(a) In a tavern owned by Sheamus Mulroy.
(b) In the country home of Michael Flaherty.
(c) In the village of Mayo.
(d) During the wake of Kate Cassidy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pegeen's discussion with Christy after her father leaves is interrupted by:

3. A characteristic of Pegeen's personality that appears often is her:

4. Act 1 begins with Pegeen:

5. The Widow Quin tells Christy that Pegeen is:

(see the answer key)

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