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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 Pa return with?

2. Which of the is a synonym for epithet?

3. What does Pa do when no one leaves after he completes the first attempt?

4. Why does Pa want to get rid of all of the guests except Captain Manure?

5. What does the winner of the race get?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ma and Manure think Pa should do know that he has the crown?

2. What news does the messenger bring to Ma and Pa and how does Pa react to the message?

3. What does Pa do after he is crowned?

4. What happens once Buggerless and Rosamund arrive at the cavern in the hills?

5. What does Pa say about Poland as the play ends?

6. What information does Ma share with the audience in her soliloquy?

7. What does Wenceslas say about Rosamund's concern and how does she and Buggerless respond?

8. What does Ma pretend to be and why?

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

10. What does Pa say to his soldiers when they take refuge from the storm in a cave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a great amount of violence in the play. In what ways is the violence necessary? Do you believe it helps to enhance the novel or detract from it? Why do you think this way?

Essay Topic 2

Based on this play, what is the author's opinion on the world and of humanity? What in the play makes you think this way? Do you agree with the author? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What type of person is Ma? Would you want her to be your friend? Why or why not? What type of job do you think Ma would succeed at doing? Why do you think this way?

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