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

2. When does Maire say her passage money for America came?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Yesterday.
(c) Last Friday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. Yolland tells Manus that the soldiers got a crate of what from Dublin in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Apples.

4. Who is the Justice of the Peace?
(a) Hugh O'Connell.
(b) Michael Connelly.
(c) George McAnderson.
(d) George Alexander.

5. Where does Owen say that where the priest lives, Lis na Muc, has been translated to in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Bowling Green.
(b) Green Hill.
(c) Cliff of Liston.
(d) Swinefort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Owen call his father in Act 2, Scene 1 when speaking to Yolland after his father leaves?

2. How many younger siblings does Maire have?

3. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Yolland say he hears coming from Maire's house every night?

4. What does Manus offer Maire when she asks for water in Act 1?

5. What is the term which refers to the action of changing the names from Irish to English?

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