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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Musgrave tell the crown he is there to say?
(a) God's word.
(b) The people's word.
(c) The truth.
(d) Propaganda.

2. Who does the parson say people are serving if they serve in the army?
(a) God.
(b) The Commonwealth.
(c) Britain.
(d) The queen.

3. What does Mrs. Hitchcock say the Bargee and the dragoons will remember soon enough?
(a) Their real lives.
(b) Their pasts.
(c) Their prejudices.
(d) Their families.

4. Who do the soldiers grab and bring on stage?
(a) The bargee.
(b) Walsh.
(c) The constable.
(d) The parson.

5. What does Musgrave say his mission is?
(a) To find people willing to die.
(b) To stop the government abusing the lives of young men.
(c) To spread God's word of peace.
(d) To cure the madness of sending people to war.

6. Who enters the stage after the constable?
(a) Annie.
(b) The parson.
(c) The mayor.
(d) Mrs. Hitchcock.

7. Where does Sparky suggest he and Annie run off to?
(a) London.
(b) Hull.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Birmingham.

8. What happens to Musgrave when he counts down to one?
(a) He ducks under the bed.
(b) He runs for the window.
(c) He collapses.
(d) He laughs.

9. What does Musgrave refer to the death cycle as?
(a) God's logic.
(b) Fate.
(c) God's will.
(d) A way of life.

10. Who does Musgrave say was with him?
(a) His mother.
(b) God.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Hicks.

11. What does Musgrave say he is afraid of?
(a) Killing more people.
(b) Musgrave's plan.
(c) Going back to the army.
(d) Musgrave's religious beliefs.

12. What does Attercliffe wonder if he will be able to start?
(a) An orchard.
(b) A war.
(c) A family.
(d) A church.

13. What represents love in Attercliffe's song?
(a) A bloody rabbit.
(b) A dead deer.
(c) Apple blosson.
(d) The seed of an apple.

14. What does Attercliff tell Musgrave they will be hung higher than?
(a) Houses.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Oak trees.
(d) Sky scrapers.

15. What instrument does Hurst play in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The saxophone.
(b) The trumpet.
(c) The drums.
(d) The harmonica.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Walsh tell Musgrave and his men to do?

3. What does Musgrave say when Attercliffe talks to him?

4. Which character kisses Annie?

5. Why does Walsh think soldiers get what they deserve?

(see the answer keys)

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