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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the two men from who spoke to Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Ca na hMair.
(b) Inis Meadhon.
(c) Dubh Michol.
(d) Druim Dubh.

2. What was Hugh's wife's name?
(a) Caitlin.
(b) Mary.
(c) Gillian.
(d) Sarah.

3. What is the salary Manus is offered at the new hedge school in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) 25 pounds a year.
(b) 42 pounds a year.
(c) 50 pounds a year.
(d) 30 pounds a year.

4. What does Hugh send Manus out to get for him at his arrival in Act 1?
(a) Water.
(b) Milk.
(c) Poteen.
(d) Tea.

5. How old is Jimmy?
(a) His sixties.
(b) His forties.
(c) His fifties.
(d) His thirties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Irish word for "river" as stated in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What is the music from the dance replaced with as Maire and Yolland enter in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Sarah enters and sees what in the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

4. What did Doalty do for Yolland in the morning of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Owen say that The Murren is named after in Act 3?

(see the answer key)

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