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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 word does Maire ask Yolland for the meaning of in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Manus paid for his books with the money he got from selling what?

3. Where does Maire comment that Sarah got the dress she wore at the dance in Act 3?

4. Yolland tells Maire in Act 2, Scene 2 that he wishes to God what?

5. When did Fiddler O'Shea say he would be back in the town in Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Manus tell Owen just before he leaves regarding their father? What does he say to Sarah?

2. Why does Maire return to the hedge school in Act 3? What conversation does she have?

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

4. What is the significance of Sarah's entrance in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What is happening in the opening of Act 3? Why is Manus leaving?

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

7. What does Doalty imply in Act 3 regarding the Donnelly twins?

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

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

10. What are Bridget and Doalty talking about when they enter in Act 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Manus and Owen. How are these brothers different? How are they similar?

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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