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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following describes how the language of the play opens?
(a) Crudely filled with cursing and epithets.
(b) Eccentric and sometimes unintelligible language.
(c) A language foreign to theEnglish speaking reader.
(d) Proper English mixed with some slang terms.

3. What does the king refer to from Pa's past?
(a) His honesty and loyalty to the king.
(b) His childhood best friend.
(c) His service in the army.
(d) His knowledge of the country.

4. What happens at the parade?
(a) Pa becomes too cowardly and does nothing.
(b) Pa is accidently killed.
(c) Pa gives the signal and the king is attacked.
(d) Pa is forced to attack the king himself.

5. Which of the is a synonym for epithet?
(a) Belief.
(b) Tombstone phrase.
(c) Curse.
(d) Nickname.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does the messenger bring to Ma and Pa?

2. These two scenes are more of a what and less of a parody?

3. What does Manure complain about in regards to Pa?

4. Who grabs the crown at the parade?

5. Whose idea does Pa say it is to throw money into the crowd?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the play open?

2. What does the messenger bring news of and how does Pa respond to the news?

3. What happens when Pa realizes that the angel is Ma?

4. What does Ma want Pa to become and how does Pa feel about this?

5. What does Pa say is the reason the men were able to have victory over the bear?

6. What are the peasants gossiping about?

7. What debate do the soldiers have about Pa and what is their final decision?

8. How does Pa react to the king's offer and what does he give the king?

9. What does Buggerless say that it is time for and how do his followers respond?

10. How does Pa act once the guests start arriving?

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