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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the soldiers' boxes draped with?
(a) Coats and string.
(b) Flags and rope.
(c) Garbage bags and bed sheets.
(d) Army uniform and ribbon.

2. What does Musgrave's long speech remind the soldiers of?
(a) Their need for discipline.
(b) Their need for God.
(c) Their purpose.
(d) Their families.

3. What does Attercliffe tell Musgrave they have a right to know?
(a) When they can go back to their families.
(b) When their leave ends.
(c) What he has planned.
(d) How much food they have left.

4. What do the colliers tell the soldiers is their business?
(a) The town.
(b) The poverty.
(c) The women.
(d) The strike.

5. What does Musgrave ask Attercliffe to do?
(a) Shoot his rifle.
(b) Recite the Lord's prayer.
(c) Start the national anthem.
(d) Raise the flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Musgrave say the soldiers have come to expose?

2. What does Attercliff say they have to expose the corruption of?

3. Where is Act 1. Scene 3 set?

4. Where did the yellow-haired boy go off to?

5. Where is Hurst beating his drum at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?

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