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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does Yolland say he lived three miles from in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Yeats.

2. What did Doalty do for Yolland in the morning of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Cut the grass.
(b) Brought him milk.
(c) Washed his floor.
(d) Got him water.

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

4. Who had asked Manus to write to her sister in Act 1?
(a) Ginny O'Flaherty.
(b) Biddy O'Shea.
(c) Mama Donnelly.
(d) Biddy Hanna.

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

6. In what town does Translations take place?
(a) Cnoc na nGahar.
(b) Beale Beag.
(c) Bun na hAbhann.
(d) Mullach.

7. Of what female does Jimmy speak to Manus from his reading in Act 1?
(a) Athene.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Electra.

8. What is the term which refers to the action of changing the names from Irish to English?
(a) Englaltion.
(b) Anglicizing.
(c) Britishlation.
(d) Englishizing.

9. What does the word "verecund" mean?
(a) Humble.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Boring.
(d) Intelligent.

10. In Act 1, Jimmy ask Manus who he would choose between whose three daughters?
(a) Homer's.
(b) Thor's.
(c) Dionysus'.
(d) Zeus'.

11. What is the Irish word for "beach"?
(a) Nair.
(b) Bahn.
(c) Dubh.
(d) Tra.

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

13. What does Sarah give to Manus in Act 1?
(a) Paper.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Pencils.
(d) An apple.

14. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) A few days.
(b) Two years.
(c) A few months.
(d) Six weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Irish word "Druim" means what in English?

2. How many years has it been since they've had a hot summer, according to Owen in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What does Manus tell Owen he should hide before their father comes downstairs in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

5. 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?

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