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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 does Yolland say that his father believes is just about to happen in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Irish-English War.
(b) The Revolution.
(c) Imperialization.
(d) The Apocalypse.

2. What kind of hair is Maire described as having?
(a) Long.
(b) Straight.
(c) Red.
(d) Curly.

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

4. Who was found drowned in the well at Tobair Vree?
(a) Brian.
(b) Vernon.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Michael.

5. What language will the new national schools teach?
(a) English.
(b) English and Irish.
(c) Latin.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yolland tells Manus that the soldiers got a crate of what from Dublin in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Of what female does Jimmy speak to Manus from his reading in Act 1?

3. What is the Irish word for "beach"?

4. Which character does Hugh say is not coming back to classes because she can now write her name?

5. According to Doalty, there are two men up the road looking for whom in Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good news does Manus share when he returns in Act 2? What happens immediately following this with Maire?

2. What does Yolland tell Owen about Maire in Act 2?

3. Discuss the theme of love as it applies to Sarah and Maire's relationship with Manus.

4. What is Hugh's response to Yolland's attempts to impress him?

5. Who are Jimmy and Hugh? What are their characteristics?

6. Discuss how the theme of renaming is expressed in the play.

7. How is the "date" arranged between Yolland and Maire in Act 2?

8. Who in literature is Jimmy obsessed with? Who does he associate this person with in real life?

9. Describe Owen upon his first entrance in Act 1. What is everyone's reaction to seeing him?

10. How much time passes between Act 1 and Act 2? What is taking place at the beginning of Act 2?

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