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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following would not be offered in trade for a favor by the characters in the play?
(a) Dung.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Poteen.
(d) Blessings.

2. The length of time covered in Act 1 is:
(a) A fortnight.
(b) One week.
(c) The period of Pegeen's youth.
(d) One evening.

3. At the beginning of Act 1, Pegeen is complaining because:
(a) She doesn't want to be alone in the house overnight.
(b) She is getting too old to find a husband.
(c) Shawn won't remove his boots.
(d) Her father is drunk.

4. What is poteen?
(a) Rancid wine.
(b) Illicit whiskey.
(c) Potato alcohol.
(d) Potato stew.

5. When Christy comes out of the back room, the girls:
(a) Welcome him and offer him food they have brought him.
(b) Scream and run away.
(c) Tell him he should marry the Widow Quin.
(d) Condemn him for his lack of Godly morals.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Act II, Christy is summoned by:

2. Michael offers Christy a job as:

3. What Christy offer the Widow Quin if she will help him win Pegeen?

4. Pegeen's father is going out for the evening to:

5. The character who is most unbending about his or her religious beliefs is:

(see the answer key)

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