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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Pegeen's relationship with her father can be described as:
(a) One sided.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Amiable.
(d) Loving.

4. Christy responds to Pegeen with, "We're alike so" after she tells him:
(a) She is going to kill her father.
(b) She wants to marry young.
(c) She wants to get married.
(d) She can't wait to leave town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Widow Quin tells Christy that Pegeen is:

2. A common greeting amongst the characters is:

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

4. When Pegeen and the men hear Christy's secret, they are:

5. Christy Mahon's big secret is that:

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