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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does Hugh say is not coming back to classes because she can now write her name?
(a) Seania Beag.
(b) Sarah O'Neill.
(c) Nora Dan.
(d) Susan O'Ross.

2. Who is teaching Sarah to speak at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Owen.
(c) Manus.
(d) Yolland.

3. Hugh notes that Owen should address himself to what regarding the poteen in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Wariness.
(b) Circumspection.
(c) Severity.
(d) Reluctance.

4. Who has Hugh spoken to in the morning in Act 1?
(a) Captain Lancey.
(b) Captain Marshall.
(c) Owen.
(d) Lieutenant Yolland.

5. In what Irish County does the play take place?
(a) Cork.
(b) McManus.
(c) Donegal.
(d) Caffrey.

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

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

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

9. What is the big machine the British soldiers take everywhere with them?
(a) Theodolite.
(b) Intrerjector.
(c) Thondosite.
(d) Projector.

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

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

12. Who is Hugh's younger son?
(a) Yolland.
(b) Michael.
(c) Manus.
(d) Owen.

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

14. In what languages is Jimmy fluent (in addition to Irish)?
(a) Latin and Greek.
(b) German and Latin.
(c) Spanish and Russian.
(d) Greek and Spanish.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the Kerry politician that Maire talks about in Act 1?

3. Who is Jimmy reading in Act 1?

4. What did Doalty do for Yolland in the morning of 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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