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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Maire's last name?
(a) O'Donnell.
(b) Chatach.
(c) O'Conner.
(d) Courtney.
2. Who comes running in looking for Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Maire.
(b) Doalty.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Owen.
3. What is the salary Manus is offered at the new hedge school in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) 30 pounds a year.
(b) 50 pounds a year.
(c) 42 pounds a year.
(d) 25 pounds a year.
4. In what languages is Jimmy fluent (in addition to Irish)?
(a) Spanish and Russian.
(b) Greek and Spanish.
(c) Latin and Greek.
(d) German and Latin.
5. Which character does Hugh say is not coming back to classes because she can now write her name?
(a) Susan O'Ross.
(b) Seania Beag.
(c) Nora Dan.
(d) Sarah O'Neill.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the foreboding sweet smell an indication of in Act 1?
2. What is the Irish word for "river" as stated in Act 2, Scene 1?
3. In what language does Hugh write poetry?
4. Owen states that every Dubh in Irish has been translated to what in English?
5. What does the word "verecund" mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Hugh in the beginning of Act 1? How does the reader find this out? What does this lead Manus to do?
2. How much time passes between Act 1 and Act 2? What is taking place at the beginning of Act 2?
3. Describe the military tension which is revealed in the play in Act 1.
4. What does Maire tell Manus about America in Act 1? What is his reply?
5. Discuss the theme of love as it applies to Sarah and Maire's relationship with Manus.
6. Who in literature is Jimmy obsessed with? Who does he associate this person with in real life?
7. What is Hugh's response to Yolland's attempts to impress him?
8. Describe Owen upon his first entrance in Act 1. What is everyone's reaction to seeing him?
9. Explain how Owen's not correcting Yolland on his name relates to the mapping progress in Act 2.
10. Compare the points of view of Owen and Yolland to their renaming work in Act 2.
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