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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 foreboding sweet smell an indication of in Act 1?
(a) War signals.
(b) Potato famine.
(c) Fire in the woods.
(d) The coming troops.

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?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Swineheard.
(c) Magician.
(d) Warrior.

3. In what languages is Jimmy fluent (in addition to Irish)?
(a) Greek and Spanish.
(b) Spanish and Russian.
(c) Latin and Greek.
(d) German and Latin.

4. What language will the new national schools teach?
(a) Latin.
(b) Irish.
(c) English.
(d) English and Irish.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Yolland say he hears coming from Maire's house every night?
(a) Music.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Hugh speak in as he descends the stairs in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What name does Yolland mistakenly call Owen for much of the play?

3. Who is the Kerry politician that Maire talks about in Act 1?

4. What does Hugh tell Owen and Yolland that Anna na mBreag means in English?

5. Where were two of the soldiers' horses were found at the bottom of the cliffs?

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