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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The villagers seem very religious, yet they treat Christy with:
(a) Pity because he is poorer than they are.
(b) Kindness because his father was cruel.
(c) Awe for his bravery.
(d) Patience because he is not as devout as they are.

2. When Pegeen rushes out to tend to her sheep crisis, what does Shawn offer to Christy to leave?
(a) The Widow Quin.
(b) A bribe.
(c) His help.
(d) Excuses.

3. What Christy offer the Widow Quin if she will help him win Pegeen?
(a) A job at Pegeen's once they are wed.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Prayers that will get her to heaven at the time of her death.
(d) A path on his property that leads to the river.

4. Although Christy is not there when the girls enter the house, they know he has been there because they find his boots, which are:
(a) Covered in mud, turf and sea sand.
(b) Polished.
(c) Falling apart.
(d) Still warm.

5. When Pegeen warns Christy not to tell everybody of his crime or he might have to leave, he surprises her by:
(a) Fainting.
(b) Saying that he made it all up.
(c) Telling her she is worrying needlessly.
(d) Speaking to her romantically.

6. The majority of the characters' dialogues include:
(a) Fowl language.
(b) Blessing the Lord.
(c) Exaggeration.
(d) Prose.

7. 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) Condemn him for his lack of Godly morals.
(d) Tell him he should marry the Widow Quin.

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

9. Pegeen punishes Christy for being friendly to the girls by:
(a) Making him scrub the dishes.
(b) Banishing him from her home.
(c) Telling the details of the hanging of a man who killed his da.
(d) Not speaking to him.

10. How does Old Mahon describe Christy's personality?
(a) Sensible.
(b) Studious.
(c) Foolish and timid.
(d) Hot tempered.

11. Where is Christy in actuality while the Widow Quin is taking to Old Mahon?
(a) Down below at the races.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) Under the bed.
(d) At church.

12. What is Christy's reaction to his father?
(a) Guilty for hurting him.
(b) Afraid that he will be punished by God.
(c) Embarrassed about not doing a good job.
(d) Angry that he pretended to be dead.

13. Which character tells the village girls about Christy and sends them to meet him?
(a) Father Reilly.
(b) The Widow Quin.
(c) Shawn.
(d) Pegeen.

14. A literary term for Pegeen's warning to Christy about what will happen if he keeps telling his story is?
(a) Irony.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Satire.
(d) Imagery.

15. What does the mirror at the beginning of the scene symbolize?
(a) Christy's vanity.
(b) Christy's reflective personality.
(c) Christy's habit of always looking back.
(d) Christy's two-faced personality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the Widow Quin not have Christy do if he came to live with her?

2. Which character has the most at stake due to the appearance of Christy?

3. The term "whisht" in the character's dialect means:

4. Which of the following concepts best fit the play?

5. Who is "The Playboy of the Western World?"

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