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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. How does Walsh refer to his friends in the bar?

2. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

3. What does the Constable say the town needs?

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

5. Who does Sparky say will pay for the rooms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Musgrave claim is his mission?

2. What are Annie's opinions of soldiers?

3. How does the Bargee offer to help Walsh?

4. What does Musgrave say in his speech in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. Why does the constable want Mrs. Hitchcock to close her bar?

6. What is the Bargee's opinion on the soldiers?

7. Why does Hurst blame people like the mayor and parson for war?

8. What are Mrs. Hitchcock and the Parson's opinion of the strike?

9. What signs are there in the town to suggest the soldiers are unwelcome?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the differences between a play and a novel in terms of the following?

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

Essay Topic 2

What are the arguments for and against war? What are Arden's opinions on war and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Arden?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the play's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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