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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 does Doalty tell Owen to translate for Lancey in Act 3?

2. Yolland says to Maire in Act 2, Scene 2, "Of course I know you're _____."

3. Where does Sarah say she lives in Act 3?

4. What does Maire stoop down and pick up to show Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What does Yolland say he is doing because of Maire in Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What reason would Sarah have for crying and feeling guilt in Act 3?

6. Describe the importance of language in Act 2, Scene 2.

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

8. What is ironic about Maire's speaking English in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

10. When Lancey enters in Act 3, what does he inform the students?

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 Hugh and Lancey in the play. What symbolically do these characters each represent?

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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