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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the music from the dance replaced with as Maire and Yolland enter in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Crickets chirping.
(b) Piano music.
(c) Guitar music.
(d) Harp music.

2. Where is the hedge-school held?
(a) A barn.
(b) A church.
(c) A courthouse.
(d) A schoolhouse.

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

4. How much later is Act 3 than Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The next week.
(b) The next month.
(c) The next evening.
(d) The next year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet does Yolland say he lived three miles from in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

3. Owen says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1 that Manus doesn't have enough money to do what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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