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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. Who does Jimmy compare to a goddess in Act 1?
(a) Maria.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Grania.

2. What does Doalty say that Jimmy knows the first book of by heart in Act 1?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Satires.
(c) Plato's Cave.
(d) The Bible.

3. Jimmy reads, "Ulysses went forth through the harbour and through the woodland to the place where Athene had shown him he could find the good" what?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Magician.
(c) Swineheard.
(d) Warrior.

4. In Act 1, Jimmy ask Manus who he would choose between whose three daughters?
(a) Thor's.
(b) Dionysus'.
(c) Zeus'.
(d) Homer's.

5. What is the Irish word for "black"?
(a) Oban.
(b) Nair.
(c) Dubh.
(d) Tra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yolland's father get him a job?

2. Whose baby was christened in the morning of Act 1?

3. In what language does Hugh write poetry?

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

5. Who was found drowned in the well at Tobair Vree?

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