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

2. What does Lancey say the army will do is Yolland is not found within 48 hours?
(a) Level every house.
(b) Burn the crops.
(c) Level the church.
(d) Shoot the livestock.

3. When is Jimmy getting married in Act 3?
(a) Easter.
(b) St. Patrick's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Halloween.

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

5. Where does Sarah say she lives in Act 3?
(a) Druim Dubh.
(b) Bun na hAbhann.
(c) Cra na hMarhan.
(d) Baille Baeg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maire carrying when she enters in Act 3?

2. What is Manus carrying when he descends the stairs in Act 3?

3. Whose name does Sarah call out when she exits in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. Yolland says to Maire in Act 2, Scene 2, "Of course I know you're _____."

5. What does Maire call Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Manus to tell the men from the school that he'll write and explain, what is Owen's reply?

2. What danger is involved in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. How do Maire and Yolland express that they have both had feelings for one another building up to Act 2, Scene 2?

4. When Lancey enters in Act 3, what does he inform the students?

5. What does Maire want to happen with Yolland in the future in Act 2, Scene 2?

6. What is unique about the way the playwright uses language in Act 2, Scene 2?

7. What reason would Sarah have for crying and feeling guilt in Act 3?

8. Compare the characters of Yolland and Manus as they relate to Maire as a love interest.

9. How is Act 3 like Act 1? How is it different?

10. Describe how the theme of love is depicted in Act 2, Scene 2.

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