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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 the Irish word for "black"?
(a) Dubh.
(b) Nair.
(c) Tra.
(d) Oban.
2. Of what female does Jimmy speak to Manus from his reading in Act 1?
(a) Electra.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Lady Macbeth.
(d) Athene.
3. Where are the living-quarters of the headmaster and his son?
(a) Downstairs.
(b) Upstairs.
(c) Across the street.
(d) Next door.
4. 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?
(a) Swineheard.
(b) Shepherd.
(c) Magician.
(d) Warrior.
5. What does Doalty say that Jimmy knows the first book of by heart in Act 1?
(a) Plato's Cave.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Satires.
(d) The Odyssey.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Manus' father attend that afternoon in Act 1?
2. In what language does Hugh write poetry?
3. Yolland states in Act 2, Scene 1 that "Your Irish air has made me" what?
4. Where were two of the soldiers' horses were found at the bottom of the cliffs?
5. What is the one word that Jimmy knows in English?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the military tension which is revealed in the play in Act 1.
2. Describe Sarah's character. What is her relationship to Manus?
3. Who in literature is Jimmy obsessed with? Who does he associate this person with in real life?
4. What does Sarah give to Manus in Act 1? What is his reaction?
5. Who are Jimmy and Hugh? What are their characteristics?
6. Explain how Owen's not correcting Yolland on his name relates to the mapping progress in Act 2.
7. What does Yolland admire about Hugh regarding the naming process? What is Owen's reaction?
8. Describe the character of Bridget. What is her relationship to Doalty?
9. Describe the character of Maire. What is her family situation?
10. What happens in Act 2 that leads up to Yolland realizing Owen's real name?
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