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

2. What is the name of the group who are conducting the land surveys?

3. What is the term which refers to the action of changing the names from Irish to English?

4. What is the foreboding sweet smell an indication of in Act 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the military tension which is revealed in the play in Act 1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 objective as it applies to the British military presence in Baile Beag in Translations. How is Owen's misjudgment of the British objectives important?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the ending of Translations mirrors the beginning. What opposites are represented in the ending of the play? What is the symbolic meaning of this?

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