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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Michael James meets and converses with Christy, he addresses him as:
(a) Mister honey.
(b) Stranger.
(c) Queer lad.
(d) Divil boy.

2. When the character, Christy Mahon enters the scene, he is:
(a) Looking for a bride.
(b) Looking for the police.
(c) Suffering from a severe gash in his head.
(d) Tired, frightened, and dirty.

3. Which of the following concepts best fit the play?
(a) Life or death situations.
(b) Stereotyping.
(c) Good versus evil.
(d) Love scorned.

4. Which character in the story seems to have the most self-doubt?
(a) Pegeen.
(b) Shawn.
(c) Christy.
(d) Old Mahon.

5. There is a rivalry for Christy's attentions between:
(a) Margaret and Shaneen.
(b) Pegeen and Sarah Tansey.
(c) Pegeen and the Widow Quin.
(d) The Widow Quin and Shaneen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Old Mahon describe Christy's personality?

2. 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?

3. Michael offers Christy a job as:

4. What is Christy's reaction to his father?

5. Pegeen's relationship with her father can be described as:

(see the answer key)

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