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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 2, 3, and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plans do Pa, Ma and the captain discuss?
(a) Plans to kidnap and release the king.
(b) Plans to assassinate the king.
(c) Plans to have Ma meet the king.
(d) Plans to ruin the king.

2. Which of the following is the best definition of a soliloquy?
(a) When characters are giving speeches to other characters.
(b) When a play's characters pause for effect.
(c) When a character is talking to the audience and is alone.
(d) When the play stops between acts.

3. What does Manure say to Pa's suggestion?
(a) That Pa can count on both Manure and his men.
(b) That Pa doesn't know what he is doing.
(c) That he finds it interesting, but he needs more than being a duke.
(d) That he must tell the king what Pa is planning.

4. What does Pa complain about in regards to the menu?
(a) That it doesn't taste very good.
(b) How long it took to make.
(c) That there is nothing there that he likes.
(d) How much it will cost.

5. What type of play is this?
(a) Satire.
(b) Drama.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ma feel about her actions and success at convincing Pa to follow her plan?

2. Which of the following describes how the language of the play opens?

3. What does Pa joke about before he starts eating?

4. What does Ma think will happen if Pa succeeds with her plan?

5. What does Ma Ubu want Pa to do?

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