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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The play was first published in the year:
(a) 1907.
(b) 1890.
(c) After the author's death in 1909.
(d) 1993.

2. Pegeen's father is going out for the evening to:
(a) Go hunting.
(b) Visit the Widow Quin.
(c) Kate Cassidy's wake.
(d) Church.

3. Christy tells Pegeen that his father:
(a) was always cursing and assaulting people.
(b) had passed on years ago.
(c) was a God fearing man.
(d) was in an asylum.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do both Shawn and Michael James claim to hear from a ditch on the side of the road that evening?

2. When Pegeen asks Christy if he is attracting many girls after telling his story, he replies:

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

4. Shawn will not stay the night because:

5. When Pegeen says to Shawn, "Go on, then, to Father Reilly, and let him put you in the holy brotherhoods, and leave that lad to me," what emotion is she displaying?

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