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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 happens to Dafydd's drink?
(a) It is accidentally set on fire.
(b) Bridget throws it away.
(c) It gets knocked over during the fight.
(d) Guy drinks it.

2. What do Dafydd's children do when he has been away too long?
(a) Call him every day and beg him to come home.
(b) Cry and act out.
(c) Draw happy pictures of the family to hang on the wall.
(d) Pretend a large male doll is Dafydd.

3. What kind of names do Dafydd's daughters have?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Irish.

4. Who gets into a physical confrontation in the bar?
(a) Crispin and Bridget.
(b) Crispin and Guy.
(c) Dafydd and Ted.
(d) Mr. Ames and Jarvis.

5. What is the name of the character that plays the protagonist in the play being performed in the beginning of the story?
(a) Dafydd Llewellyn.
(b) John Gay.
(c) Guy Jones.
(d) Hannah Consentino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reads the opening speech during the first rehearsal of The Beggar's Opera?

2. Who are Linda's parents?

3. What is the name of the actress who plays the protagonist's wife?

4. What happens to Guy at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What do Crispin and Bridget do after Bridget closes the bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the Welsh song to Dafydd? Do you think that attempting to sing that song endeared Guy to Dafydd or alienated him? Why?

2. Again, a song from The Beggar's Opera is used to add to the scene. What is the importance of this song to Act 1, Scene 5?

3. Act 2, Scene 2 contains the climax of the Crispin/Linda/Bridget love triangle. Explain the events that take place.

4. What is the importance of Guy's promotion from Crook Finger'd Jack to Matt the Mint?

5. What is the symbolism of the reprieve MacHeath (played by Guy) receives from the executioner (played by Dafydd)?

6. What is symbolic about Dafydd's mad dash to set up the lights even while his wife is breaking up with her boyfriend in plain sight?

7. Newly entrenched in the lead role as MacHeath, Guy sings a song at the end of Act 2, Scene 2. What is the importance of the song?

8. Why is Guy uncomfortable with accepting the money that Jarvis sent him?

9. The women of the cast have an obvious interest in Guy. How does this interest help to sharpen Guy's character for the reader?

10. Describe your first impression of Dafydd. What does his personality tell you about him? Does he strike you as a person capable of forming lasting relationships?

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