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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A second rivalry in act one involves:
(a) Shawn Keogh and Michael James.
(b) The Old Mahon and Christy Mahon.
(c) The Widow Quin and Shawn Keogh.
(d) Christy Mahon and Shawn Keogh.

3. The character of Christy is portrayed as:
(a) Young and naive.
(b) A cold blooded murderer.
(c) A dunce.
(d) Brave and heroic.

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

5. Pegeen attempts to discredit the Widow Quin by accusing her of:
(a) Killing her father.
(b) Poaching chickens.
(c) Being a spy for Father Reilly.
(d) Burying her husband.

6. The Widow Quin tells Christy that Pegeen is:
(a) Rude.
(b) Engaged to be married.
(c) Not a christian.
(d) A Widow herself.

7. Considering the Irish dialect used by the author, the term "da" means:
(a) Father.
(b) Lame.
(c) Brother.
(d) Fiance.

8. Christy Mahon's big secret is that:
(a) He killed his landlord.
(b) He killed his father.
(c) He is wanted for larceny and killing a soldier.
(d) He killed his three wives.

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

10. Pegeen imagines that Christy must have the temperament of:
(a) A dead fish.
(b) A man filled with blind rage.
(c) A plow horse full of patience.
(d) A rattle snake ready to attack its next victim.

11. Pegeen is like her father in that they are both:
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Short.
(c) Conniving.
(d) Kind hearted.

12. Michael offers Christy a job as:
(a) A delivery boy.
(b) A pall bearer.
(c) A peeler.
(d) A pot boy.

13. Christy is served a supper of:
(a) Beer and cheese.
(b) Wine and cheese.
(c) Bread and milk.
(d) Meat and water.

14. Michael James and his friends Jimmy and Philly are in a hurry to leave so that they can:
(a) Collect a bounty for the body in the ditch.
(b) Drink the best stuff at the wake.
(c) Get the Bishops blessing for the wedding.
(d) Tell the peelers about Christy.

15. At the end of Act 1, Christy thinks to himself:
(a) "Wasn't I a foolish fellow to run this far from home."
(b) "Wasn't I a foolish fellow not to kill my father in years gone by."
(c) "Wasn't I a foolish fellow to tell these folks of my murderous deed."
(d) "Wasn't I a foolish fellow not to go home with the Widow Quin."

Short Answer Questions

1. When the characters use the term "himself" they are referring to:

2. Shawn is mocked by Pegeen and her father because:

3. Christy has not been caught for the murder so far because:

4. In Act 1, Pegeen is engaged to marry:

5. The setting of Act 1 takes place:

(see the answer keys)

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