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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. What did Doalty do for Yolland in the morning of Act 2, Scene 1?

2. The Irish word "Druim" means what in English?

3. Who is Jimmy reading in Act 1?

4. Owen says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1 that Manus doesn't have enough money to do what?

5. Manus asks if who is no longer coming to classes in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Sarah's character. What is her relationship to Manus?

7. What do we know of Doalty's behavior and recent actions based upon his entrance in Act 1?

8. What does Yolland ask Owen about his living in Ireland in Act 2? What is Owen's initial response?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the conflicts in Translations. What are individual character conflicts and what is the overriding conflict which drives the play?

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

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

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