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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shawn will not stay the night because:
(a) He wants to attend the wake.
(b) He is afraid of the peelers.
(c) He is afraid of the person wailing in the ditch.
(d) He is afraid of Father Reilly.

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

3. Pegeen's discussion with Christy after her father leaves is interrupted by:
(a) The Widow Quin.
(b) The peelers.
(c) Shawn.
(d) Old Mahon.

4. The term "peelers" refers to:
(a) Children.
(b) The police.
(c) Renegade soldiers.
(d) Chicken thieves.

5. The responsibility of barkeep in Michael James' establishment falls to:
(a) Shawn
(b) His wife.
(c) Pegeen
(d) Michael James

Short Answer Questions

1. Pegeen attempts to discredit the Widow Quin by accusing her of:

2. The play was first published in the year:

3. A common greeting amongst the characters is:

4. Christy responds to Pegeen with, "We're alike so" after she tells him:

5. When the character, Christy Mahon enters the scene, he is:

Short Essay Questions

1. What of man if Christy's father, according to Christy?

2. What is Michael's reaction to Pegeen's change of heart?

3. What gives Christy "a new arrogance?"

4. Why does Shawn refuse to stay with Pegeen, even after Michael Flaherty tries to force him to stay?

5. What changes Pegeen's mind about marriage to Christy?

6. What is Pegeen's job?

7. Describe how Pegeen gets Christy to tell them why he is running from the police.

8. Why is the Widow Quin interested in getting Christy to marry her in order to help Shawn?

9. What does the Widow Quin mean when she calls Christy "The Playboy of the Western World?"

10. Why does Pegeen say she is the fright of seven townlands?

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