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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 had asked Manus to write to her sister in Act 1?
(a) Mama Donnelly.
(b) Biddy Hanna.
(c) Biddy O'Shea.
(d) Ginny O'Flaherty.

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

3. Who is Hugh's younger son?
(a) Owen.
(b) Manus.
(c) Yolland.
(d) Michael.

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

5. Where is the new national school being built in the play?
(a) Cnoc na nGabhar.
(b) Loch an Iubhar.
(c) Poll na gCaorach.
(d) Carraig an Phoill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Maire say she knows better than English?

2. 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?

3. What is going mad from the heat in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

5. What does Maire's last name mean?

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