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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 Maire's last name?
(a) Courtney.
(b) O'Donnell.
(c) Chatach.
(d) O'Conner.

2. When does Yolland say the sappers are pulling out of the town in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Next week.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) Next month.
(d) Next year.

3. What is Jimmy's nickname?
(a) Infant Prodigy.
(b) Homer.
(c) Child Genius.
(d) Old Man.

4. Yolland claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that his father was born the very day that what fell?
(a) The American forces.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Bastille.

5. What does Doalty say that Jimmy knows the first book of by heart in Act 1?
(a) Plato's Cave.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Satires.
(d) The Odyssey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yolland mention talking about Apollo with Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

3. What is the foreboding sweet smell an indication of in Act 1?

4. What is Lieutenant Yolland's first name?

5. Which character does Hugh say is not coming back to classes because she can now write her name?

(see the answer key)

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