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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Christy offer the Widow Quin if she will help him win Pegeen?

2. The character who is most unbending about his or her religious beliefs is:

3. A literary term for Pegeen's warning to Christy about what will happen if he keeps telling his story is?

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

5. When the village girls arrive, they interrupt Christy as he is:

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider how night and day affect characters and their actions in the play. Write an essay in which you:

1) Compare and contrast the events occurring at night to events occurring during the day, and arrive at a statement about the significance of each time period.

OR

2) Discuss the significance of night and day to the mood of each act.

OR

3) Compare any character's actions during Act 1, which takes place at night, to their actions in Acts 2 and 3, taking place the following day.

Be sure to use examples from the play to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the significance of storytelling to the events and theme of Synge's play. Write an essay in which you discuss the significance of a) Christy's story about his father; b) Shawn's story about his journey to Pegeen's place in Act 1; or c) Old Mahon's story about his son.

Essay Topic 3

Discussions of courage appear throughout Synge's play. Write an essay in which you:

1) Describe any single character as courageous and use examples to support your ideas

OR

2) Describe any single action as courageous and use examples to support your ideas.

OR

3) Describe the lack of courage displayed by the majority of characters throughout the play, and use examples to support your ideas.

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