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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. Why does Tansey call Matteen "Judgeboy" (29)?
(a) His father is a judge.
(b) His last name is "Judge."
(c) He wears a long black coat in winter.
(d) He served as a county fair judge.

2. What does Martina tell Val about Galway?
(a) It seems as far away as the moon to people like him.
(b) The people there know ten times as much about the world as Val does.
(c) She hates not being able to see the stars because of the city lights.
(d) She wishes that she had gone to Dublin instead.

3. What rule is strictly enforced at the Peacock?
(a) Those under 21 cannot enter.
(b) People who are drunk cannot enter.
(c) The bar closes exactly at 1:30 a.m.
(d) No outside alcohol is allowed.

4. What technique is being used in the sentence, "He had gaping thyroidal eyes, the broad skull and delicately tissued temples of a monk" (29)?
(a) Irony.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Allusion.

5. Which sentence most clearly conveys a thematic motif of this story?
(a) "Damage abides beneath the surface" (53).
(b) "Bat handles his hair delicately" (52).
(c) "None but the old dear call him Eamonn now" (53).
(d) "He splashes his face and watches the water drip like glue from his chin" (52).

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person that Bat refers to as "the old dear"?

2. What do Tain, Heg, and Bat do on their break?

3. Which American actor does Jimmy claim that Tug models his "look" after?

4. What does Bat find in the gas station's bathroom sink?

5. When Bat sees the beautiful woman with Heg, how does he feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Teddy end up in Bleak Woods, and what happens to him, there?

2. Why do Val and Martina keep their relationship a secret?

3. In what sense does Bat try to protect Tain's childhood?

4. What is the rhetorical purpose of Heg's character being a college student?

5. Describe Bat's relationship with his mother in "Stand Your Skin."

6. Describe the narrator of "Bait."

7. When Jimmy and Tug leave the pub and see Mark's car, what do they do?

8. What happens on the final Saturday of the story "The Moon"?

9. Describe Bat's recurring dream.

10. What is the setting of "The Clancy Kid"?

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