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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives to take the soldiers' crates up the canal?

2. What does Musgrave tell his soldiers they all are?

3. What does Sparky sing a song about?

4. What instrument does the Bargee play?

5. What kind of trick does Sparky show Annie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sparky. Hurst and Attercliffe do while they wait for Musgrave?

2. Why does Attercliffe say he became a soldier?

3. What is the killing cycle Musgrave talks about in Act 3, Scene 1, Part 2?

4. What does Musgrave demonstrate during his speech in Act 3, Scene 1, Part 1?

5. What do Hurst and Attercliffe tell the crowd?

6. How do Musgrave and Attercliffe try to stop Hurst?

7. How does the Bargee start the celebration at the end of Act 3, Scene 1, Part 2?

8. Why does Hurst refuse Annie's advances?

9. Why does Musgrave refuse to recruit men who have caused tension in the town?

10. How does the mayor deal with the rioting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's life. In what way are his life and personality is reflected in the book? Does uphold the views he expresses in the play in his own life?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Musgrave's character to the person he was at the beginning of the play to the person he is at the end.

1) What did Musgrave hope to achieve at the beginning of the story?

2) What events change Musgrave's ideas about life?

3) How has Musgrave's character changed by the end of the novel?

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