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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. Where were the two men from who spoke to Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. When does Yolland say the sappers are pulling out of the town in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. Where is the new national school being built in the play?

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

5. Yolland states in Act 2, Scene 1 that "Your Irish air has made me" what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss Sarah's relationship to the theme of language in the play.

4. How does Yolland feel about his alienation in Ireland? How does Owen placate this?

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

6. What does Maire tell Manus about America in Act 1? What is his reply?

7. Where is Hugh in the beginning of Act 1? How does the reader find this out? What does this lead Manus to do?

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

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

10. Describe the character of Yolland. What are his feelings of Baile Beag?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the time period in which the play was written. How does this relate to the themes of Translations?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of language and communication in the play. What symbols and characters embody this theme?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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