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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose boat does Doalty tell Owen he saw at port last night in Act 3?
(a) Sean O'Casey's.
(b) Manus'.
(c) The O'Donnell boys'.
(d) The Donnelly's.

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

3. What does Yolland call himself to Maire in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) George.
(b) Yolland.
(c) Lieutenant Yolland.
(d) Michael.

4. Maire speaks in English in Act 2, Scene 2, saying, "In Norfolk we besport ourselves around the ____."
(a) Maypole.
(b) Convent.
(c) Pond.
(d) River.

5. Maire tells Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2 she loves the sound of what?
(a) His speech.
(b) The crickets.
(c) His voice.
(d) The music.

6. What name of a place does Maire correct Yolland in saying in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Tor.
(b) Lis na nGradh.
(c) Loch na Iubhar.
(d) Machaire Buidhe.

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

8. What does Maire remark about Yolland's arms in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) They are long and thin.
(b) They are muscular.
(c) They are stong and lean.
(d) They are dark.

9. Yolland tells Maire in Act 2, Scene 2 that he wishes to God what?
(a) They could leave together.
(b) She could understand him.
(c) She spoke English.
(d) She would marry him.

10. What does Hugh tell Maire he will teach her in the end of the play?
(a) Irish history.
(b) Latin.
(c) Greek.
(d) English.

11. Maire tells Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2, "Listen to me. I want you too, ____."
(a) Soldier.
(b) Yolland.
(c) George.
(d) Michael.

12. Manus tells Owen to let his father know that he's taking which books?
(a) Virgil and Cicero.
(b) Virgil and Caesar.
(c) Homer and Cicero.
(d) Homer and Plato.

13. To whom does Jimmy say he's getting married in Act 3?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Electra.
(c) Athene.
(d) Helen.

14. 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.

15. What does Yolland say he never thinks of himself as in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A soldier.
(b) An Englishman.
(c) A lieutenant.
(d) An Irishman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yolland tell Maire his mother is from in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Maire says in Act 2, Scene 2 that the skin on Yolland's shoulders is very what?

3. What does Maire do in Act 2, Scene 2 when she says "Lag"?

4. How much later is Act 3 than Act 2, Scene 2?

5. When is Jimmy getting married in Act 3?

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