Dancing at Lughnasa Test | Final Test - Easy

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Dancing at Lughnasa Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Uncle Jack die?
(a) On the eve of La Lughansa the month he returned.
(b) Within a month of his homecoming.
(c) On the evening of his return home.
(d) On the eve of La Lughansa the year after his return.

2. Who does Uncle Jack worship during Mass in Uganda?
(a) Obi, the goddess of the earth.
(b) The god of casava.
(c) The god of yams and wine.
(d) The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

3. Why does Michael say the characters dance with their eyes half closed?
(a) The music bores them.
(b) Closing their eyes helps them to listen better.
(c) The music makes them sleepy.
(d) To open their eyes would break the spell.

4. What happened to Rose's pet rooster?
(a) Maggie killed it.
(b) Rose killed it.
(c) It died mysteriously.
(d) The fox killed it.

5. What is the first step in swapping possessions in Uncle Jack's village in Uganda?
(a) Hand your possession to the recipient.
(b) Put your possession on the ground and step away from it.
(c) Present your possession to a third party.
(d) Fling your possession in the air.

6. What does Rose wear that is unusual for berry picking?
(a) Her Sunday shoes.
(b) Her house apron.
(c) Her wraparound dress.
(d) Her wellingtons.

7. What work does Kate find after leaving her teaching job?
(a) She tutors Austin Morgan's family.
(b) She works as a dressmaker.
(c) She marries Austin Morgan.
(d) She has to apply at the knitting factory.

8. What does Chris want Gerry Evans to do for the family?
(a) Move in with them.
(b) Fix the radio.
(c) Dance with the sisters.
(d) Write to them from Spain.

9. What does Michael say is found in dancing?
(a) Untapped emotions.
(b) Strong and unrecognized feelings.
(c) The heart of life and all its hopes.
(d) Unity and community.

10. What does Uncle Jack think is good about the multiple-wife system?
(a) There are more children.
(b) It prevents jealousy and spite.
(c) There are no spinsters.
(d) Everybody helps everybody else.

11. Which sister is dead when Michael finds them?
(a) Rose.
(b) Neither was dead when Michael found them.
(c) Both were dead when Michael found them.
(d) Agnes.

12. How does Maggie feel about Michael's kites?
(a) She loves them.
(b) She is proud of them.
(c) She is amused by them.
(d) She hates them.

13. What does Michael say language surrenders to in music?
(a) Memory.
(b) Movement.
(c) Community.
(d) Rhythm.

14. When Uncle Jack speaks of Uganda, what does he call it?
(a) The community.
(b) The colony.
(c) Africa.
(d) Home.

15. Which sister does Gerry Evans dance with first?
(a) Chris.
(b) Rose.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Maggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does dancing become in Michael's memory?

2. What does Gerry Evans have that Chris and Rose doesn't know about?

3. Why does Rose laugh at Agnes while they are picking berries?

4. What is unusual about the recruiter of which Gerry Evans learns as he writes his name?

5. What are the hand knitters in Ballybeg going to do?

(see the answer keys)

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