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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two, Scene One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term which refers to the action of changing the names from Irish to English?
(a) Englaltion.
(b) Britishlation.
(c) Englishizing.
(d) Anglicizing.

2. Yolland claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that his father was born the very day that what fell?
(a) The American forces.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) Bastille.
(d) Ireland.

3. What does Manus tell Owen he should hide before their father comes downstairs in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) The wine.
(b) The bottle.
(c) The map.
(d) The book.

4. Owen states that every Dubh in Irish has been translated to what in English?
(a) Drury.
(b) Dub.
(c) Duff.
(d) Dune.

5. What does Yolland say the private core of Ireland would always be to him, even if he lived there?
(a) Backwards.
(b) Incorrect.
(c) Obscure.
(d) Hermetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Irish word for "beach"?

2. Who had asked Manus to write to her sister in Act 1?

3. When does Yolland say the sappers are pulling out of the town in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What is Maire's last name?

5. Hugh notes that Owen should address himself to what regarding the poteen in Act 2, Scene 1?

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