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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 do Ma and Manure want Pa to do with the money?

2. What is the character Pa defined by?

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

4. What does Pa offer to the captain in exchange for his help?

5. What type of event are Ma and Pa hosting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ma tells Pa that the new tax on marriages isn't making money?

2. What does Ma pretend to be and why?

3. What happens when Pa's scout reports that the Russians are nearby?

4. Where do Rosamund and Buggerless watch the parade and what does Buggerless see?

5. What happens when Pa tries to ride the horse and how do Ma and Pa react?

6. What suggestion does Manure make to please the peasants and what happens when Pa enacts this suggestion?

7. How do Ma and Pa react to the information in the letter?

8. What do Pa, Ma and the captain discuss and what promise does Pa make to the captain?

9. How does Manure convince Pa to have the feast and distribute the money?

10. Who are working together to plan the assassination of the king?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What contradictions occurred within the novel? Why do you believe the author included them? Do you believe they were necessary to keep the audience engaged? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Do you believe the ending fate of Ma and Pa was just and deserved? Why or why not? If you were the author how would you have ended the story?

Essay Topic 3

What is a soliloquy? What is it used for? How did the author use the soliloquy in this play? Do you think they were appropriate or inappropriate? Why or why not?

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