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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. What two things are built in Book One, Part One, Chapter Eight?
(a) The Ship and Kemp's wealth.
(b) Erasmus' love and the Ship.
(c) Paris' confidence and his family.
(d) Thurso's collection of books and the Ship.

2. Who thanks the gods in Book One, Part Four?
(a) Wolpert.
(b) Calley.
(c) Thurso.
(d) Kemp.

3. Who almost attacks Libby in Book One, Part Three?
(a) Thurso.
(b) Calley.
(c) Paris.
(d) Deakin.

4. Who is asked to quit the play?
(a) Calley.
(b) Barton.
(c) Adams.
(d) Parker.

5. What is the name of the character who is mentally handicapped?
(a) Billy.
(b) Paul.
(c) Robby.
(d) Daniel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets at the bottom of an old barge?

2. Who gives Erasmus permission to propose to Sarah?

3. To whom does Paris speak through his journal?

4. Why is Kemp well-respected?

5. Who seems satisfied by the deaths that take place on the Ship in Book One, Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedy occurs while the Ship is being built?

2. Which three characters share a toast in Book One and why do they share it?

3. What do we learn about Paris' wife in Book One, Part One?

4. What happens between Deakin, Calley, and Libby in Book One, Part Three?

5. Why is the title of the play rehearsed on the Wolpert property appropriate?

6. How does Erasmus' role in the play reflect aspects of himself in real life?

7. Describe the setting for the Prologue.

8. Describe what happens in Book One, Part One, when Erasmus gets to the Wolperts' home.

9. Why does Thurso have James Wilson flogged?

10. What does Paris' view of evolution have to do with his imprisonment?

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