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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. What do the colliers tell the soldiers is their business?

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

3. What reason does Annie give Hurst for coming?

4. What does the Bargee say the soldiers have come to do?

5. What does Mrs. Hitchcock tell the soldiers about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Hitchcock tell Musgrave about the Bargee and the dragoons?

3. How does Musgrave react to Attercliffe's conversation?

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

5. How does Musgrave the calm the riot?

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

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

8. What does Attercliffe raise up from the box?

9. What does the Bargee tell Musgrave in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2?

10. Why does Attercliffe say he became a soldier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

What made Musgrave a good soldier? What did Musgrave have to learn to become a successful soldier?

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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