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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is teaching Sarah to speak at the beginning of Act 1?

2. Where are the living-quarters of the headmaster and his son?

3. Who is Jimmy reading in Act 1?

4. Who does Manus say isn't coming to class in Act 1?

5. Who is the Justice of the Peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interaction occurs between Manus and Maire regarding last night in Act 1?

2. What is Manus' reaction upon Maire's entrance? How does he greet her?

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

4. What does Yolland admire about Hugh regarding the naming process? What is Owen's reaction?

5. Explain how Owen's not correcting Yolland on his name relates to the mapping progress in Act 2.

6. What exposition does Yolland reveal regarding his past in Act 2?

7. Compare the points of view of Owen and Yolland to their renaming work in Act 2.

8. Describe the character of Bridget. What is her relationship to Doalty?

9. What does Sarah give to Manus in Act 1? What is his reaction?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of love as it applies to the characters of Maire and Yolland in the play. What does their scene together represent thematically?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jimmy and Friel's use of literary allusion in Translations. What is the importance of the texts which Jimmy quotes from?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Hugh and Lancey in the play. What symbolically do these characters each represent?

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