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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Until what age are you required to stay in school at the new national schools?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirteen.

2. Where does Yolland say he would be if he'd not joined the army in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Bombay.

3. What does Hugh tell Owen and Yolland that Anna na mBreag means in English?
(a) Anna of the Lies.
(b) Anna of the Crown.
(c) Anna of the Village.
(d) Anna with curly hair.

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

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

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

7. What is Jimmy's full name?
(a) Jimmy Jack O'Flaherty.
(b) Jimmy Jack Cassie.
(c) Jimmy Jack Cork.
(d) Jimmy Jack O'Neill.

8. What does Owen call his father in Act 2, Scene 1 when speaking to Yolland after his father leaves?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Pompous.
(c) Overbearing.
(d) Intelligent.

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

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

11. What language does Maire say she knows better than English?
(a) Latin.
(b) Greek.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

12. What is Lieutenant Yolland's first name?
(a) George.
(b) Michael.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Paul.

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

14. Where did Yolland's father get him a job?
(a) The Army.
(b) The English roadworkers.
(c) East India Company.
(d) The British Crown.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jimmy's nickname?

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

4. Who does Jimmy compare to a goddess in Act 1?

5. What is going mad from the heat in Act 2, Scene 1?

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