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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 Jimmy ask to be his best man in Act 3?

2. Yolland tells Maire that he spends his days either thinking of her or what in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Where does Maire comment that she hopes there's no hay to be saved in Act 3?

4. Who does Owen say he's going out to see in Act 3?

5. What does Manus say he had in his hand when he went looking for Yolland in Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What danger is involved in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. What happens with Sarah in Act 3 once Lancey speaks to her?

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

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

7. Compare the characters of Yolland and Manus as they relate to Maire as a love interest.

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

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

10. What is Maire's demeanor in Act 3 when she enters? What does she ask Owen?

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

Describe the actions of the character of Owen. How are Owen's actions responsible for much of the events which happen in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Friel's use of metaphor in the play. What is a metaphor? What is an extended metaphor? What extended metaphor applies to Translations?

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