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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. In what does Mrs. Hitchcock try to convince the parson to intervene?

2. What does the Mayor say every recruit will receive?

3. What does Annie say soldiers are good for dropping into?

4. What does the pugnacious collier say Musgrave is in spite of having stripes?

5. What does Mrs. Hitchcock sing a song about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Musgrave and his men argue about in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. What does the Parson warn Musgrave?

4. Why does Musgrave refuse to let the townspeople go home?

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

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

7. How does Musgrave react to the collier's anger towards him?

8. What does Musgrave say is his recruitment police?

9. What do the Bargee and Musgrave talk about as they prepare to cast off?

10. What does the parson say about the army in his speech?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

How did Arden view the 1950s? What impact have his views had on literature as a whole? Has that impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 3

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

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