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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Manus say isn't coming to class in Act 1?
(a) Sean Beag.
(b) Maire.
(c) Doalty.
(d) Owen.

2. Who does Yolland mention talking about Apollo with Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Manus.
(b) Owen.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Maire.

3. What is the salary Manus is offered at the new hedge school in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) 30 pounds a year.
(b) 42 pounds a year.
(c) 25 pounds a year.
(d) 50 pounds a year.

4. What name does Yolland mistakenly call Owen for much of the play?
(a) Orlon.
(b) Roland.
(c) Orrin.
(d) Yolland.

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

6. Owen tells Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1, "You can learn to _____ us."
(a) Become.
(b) Understand.
(c) Undermine.
(d) Decode.

7. 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) Swineheard.
(b) Magician.
(c) Warrior.
(d) Shepherd.

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

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

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

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

12. Who was found drowned in the well at Tobair Vree?
(a) Brian.
(b) Vernon.
(c) Michael.
(d) Yeats.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Until what age are you required to stay in school at the new national schools?

2. Who has Hugh spoken to in the morning in Act 1?

3. What is the big machine the British soldiers take everywhere with them?

4. Of what female does Jimmy speak to Manus from his reading in Act 1?

5. What is the one word that Jimmy knows in English?

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