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

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

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

4. When Pegeen says to Shawn, "Go on, then, to Father Reilly, and let him put you in the holy brotherhoods, and leave that lad to me," what emotion is she displaying?
(a) Joy.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sadness.

5. When the characters use the term "himself" they are referring to:
(a) A widow's dead husband.
(b) The master of the house.
(c) God.
(d) He.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Christy committed the murder by:

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

4. The play was first published in the year:

5. Which of the following characters does not appear in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Shawn's reservations about staying with Pegeen before their marriage suggest about his character?

2. Why do Jimmy, Philly, and Michael James think that Christy will make a suitable potboy?

3. Explain how Christy says he murdered his da.

4. What does the Widow learn from Old Mahon about Christy's former love life?

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

6. Why is Christy so upset to see his father in the village?

7. Describe Pegeen's response when Christy asks twice if she is engaged.

8. Why does Old Mahon's story arouse suspicion for Philly?

9. Why is dispensation needed for Shawn to marry Pegeen?

10. Why didn't Old Mahon leave town?

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