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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Act II opens with Christy performing what activity?
(a) Polishing his boots.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Answering the door to a group of young women.
(d) Polishing Pegeen's boots.

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

3. The Widow Quin enters the scene and suggests that he tell all of them his story while:
(a) She stalls for time.
(b) They make him breakfast.
(c) Michael James sleeps off his hangover.
(d) Pegeen sends for the police.

4. Why was Pegeen angry with Christy for speaking with the girls and the Widow Quin?
(a) She was jealous.
(b) He wouldn't pretend to like her to make Shawn jealous.
(c) She was afraid they might hire him for more than she could pay.
(d) She was afraid she would lose the bounty for his head.

5. 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.

6. During the girls' discussion of the boots, Sara Tansey:
(a) Makes coffee.
(b) Tries the boots on and considers keeping them.
(c) Suggests they wait for Pegeen to return.
(d) Flings the door open and threatens to shoot Christy.

7. Pegeen's village is located:
(a) On the coast.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In a valley.

8. When Act II opens, what is the time of day?
(a) Morning light.
(b) High noon.
(c) Afternoon tea time.
(d) Midnight.

9. Christy tells the Widow Quin:
(a) He only has love for Pegeen.
(b) He will think about it.
(c) She is too old for him.
(d) He negotiates for more gifts.

10. The people of Pegeen's village can be characterized as:
(a) Peasants.
(b) Devil worshippers.
(c) High society.
(d) Religious zealots.

11. Which character can be described as a character foil for Pegeen?
(a) Shawn.
(b) James Flaherty.
(c) Christy.
(d) The Widow Quin.

12. The term "whisht" in the character's dialect means:
(a) Stop talking.
(b) Rest.
(c) Whiskers.
(d) Daydreaming.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christy say his father did just before Christy struck him?

2. When Pegeen warns Christy not to tell everybody of his crime or he might have to leave, he surprises her by:

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

4. What does Christy see out the window just as he is about to join the races?

5. Where does the Widow Quin tell Old Mahon that Christy is?

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