Our Country's Good Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Dabby complain about the play? (from Act Two, Scenes 6 - 7)

She finds the people in it too familiar, and does not want to be reminded about life.

She does not recognize any of the people in it, and feels it is not about life.

She thinks the men and women behave unrealistically in their pursuit of money.

She finds the lines too hard to learn.

2.

Who speaks to Harry in the boat? (from Act Two, Scenes 8 - 10)

Duckling,

Handy Baker.

Lieutenant Clark.

Mary.

3.

Whose voice does Brewer speak in during the confrontation with Ketch? (from Act Two, Scenes 6 - 7)

Handy Baker.

The seventeen-year-old Handy Baker, arrested by Brewer and executed by Liz Morden..

Duckling Smith.

The seventeen-year-old Thomas Barrett, arrested by Brewer and executed by Ketch.

4.

Which character argues most strongly that producing the play is a bad idea? (from Act One, Scenes 5 - 6)

Captain Tench.

Major Ross.

Lieutenant Clark.

Governor Phillip.

5.

What is significant about the words that Liz uses to speak to Phillip after she has told the truth about the theft? (from Act Two, Scenes 8 - 10)

They are words that she heard Phillip say to Clark.

They are her own ideas, expressed in the words of another play she and the other convict-actors have been reading..

They were written for her by Wisehammer.

They are her own ideas, expressed in the words of the play she and the other convict-actors have been rehearsing.

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