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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Manus suggest Owen get to fix the banister in Act 3?
(a) Big Ned Frank.
(b) Yolland.
(c) Lancey.
(d) Sean O'Connell.

2. What else is the new head master at the new school skilled at in Act 3?
(a) Bacon curing.
(b) Baking.
(c) Farming.
(d) Fishing.

3. Whose name does Sarah call out when she exits in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Hugh's.
(b) Yolland's.
(c) Owen's.
(d) Manus'.

4. Yolland says to Maire in Act 2, Scene 2 that they must have looked like what?
(a) They were being chased.
(b) They were horses.
(c) They were crazy.
(d) They were in a war.

5. What is the music from the dance replaced with as Maire and Yolland enter in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Crickets chirping.
(b) Guitar music.
(c) Piano music.
(d) Harp music.

6. Yolland tells Maire that he spends his days either thinking of her or what in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Looking at the ocean.
(b) Looking at her house.
(c) Looking at her fields.
(d) Wishing to be with her.

7. What did the soldiers demolish while searching for Yolland in Act 3?
(a) A cornfield.
(b) The church.
(c) A hayfield.
(d) The cemetery.

8. Where does Maire comment that Sarah got the dress she wore at the dance in Act 3?
(a) Boston.
(b) Paris.
(c) Dubllin.
(d) New York.

9. How many more soldiers arrived an hour ago, according to Doalty in Act 3?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thousands.

10. Maire tells Yolland she sees himself washing every day in front of what?
(a) The fields.
(b) Her house.
(c) The castle.
(d) His tent.

11. Who does Jimmy ask to be his best man in Act 3?
(a) Doalty.
(b) Manus.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Owen.

12. What place does Yolland speak of first to Maire in attempting Irish in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Mullach.
(b) Dubh Carraig.
(c) Loch an Iubhair.
(d) Bun na hAbhann.

13. In what language does Maire attempt to speak to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Latin.
(b) French.
(c) Greek.
(d) German.

14. What did Jimmy shout at the soldiers outside the pub in Act 3?
(a) Trojans.
(b) Heathens.
(c) Thermopylae.
(d) Visigoths.

15. What is the location of the dance in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Tobair Vree.
(b) Druim Dubh.
(c) Burnfoot.
(d) Bun na hAbhann.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is the new head master in the new school in Act 3?

2. What does Yolland say he's made up his mind to do in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Maire says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2, "Tu es centurio in - in - in _____ Britannico."

4. What does Hugh tell Maire he will teach her in the end of the play?

5. Where does Yolland walk home along every day?

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