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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mood in Act II?
(a) Somber.
(b) Silly.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Tense.

2. The motivation for sending the girls to meet Christy is:
(a) To bring him back to the Widow Quin's house.
(b) To ask if he really is a murderer.
(c) To spy on him.
(d) The hope that he will like one of them better than Pegeen.

3. Who is "The Playboy of the Western World?"
(a) Old Mahon
(b) Michael Flaherty
(c) Shaneen Keogh
(d) Christy Mahon

4. Pegeen's formal name is:
(a) Pegeen Mike.
(b) Sara Tansey.
(c) Widow Quin.
(d) Margaret Flaherty.

5. Christy tells the girls and the Widow Quin that his father wanted him to:
(a) Move out.
(b) Wed the young girl next door so that he would have a maid.
(c) Marry an old, overweight, half blind, widow of ill repute.
(d) Plow his four acres of potatoes without a horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the first evening, Christy is pleased because:

2. Which person shows the greates change in character by the end of the play?

3. What does the Widow Quin tell Jimmy and Philly about Old Mahon?

4. Why does Pegeen tell everyone to leave after Christy returns with his prizes?

5. Why does Christy bless the crowd before leaving?

(see the answer key)

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