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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. Which of the sisters dances alone?
2. Why does Chris refuse Gerry Evans' offer?
3. Why do the sisters stop dancing?
4. Why don't the Mundys speak of Uncle Jack when he is a chaplain for the British army?
5. What does the Donegal Enquirer call Uncle Jack?
Short Essay Questions
1. What significance does Austin Morgan have in this story?
2. How does Kate feel about Michael, and how can you tell?
3. How far do the Mundys live from the rest of the village, and what significance is there in that distance?
4. Why do you think Rose can describe the Festival of Lughnasa to her sisters?
5. Why do you think young Michael felt unease rather than amusement or joy when his mother and aunts danced?
6. For what is the fox in the hen house a metaphor?
7. What does Maggie mean when she tells Michael that someday he's going to fill some woman's life with happiness?
8. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?
9. What does Agnes mean when she asks Chris, "Do you want to make a pagan of yourself?"
10. Why does Kate become angry when Rose repeats the idea that twins are a double blessing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The boy Michael compares his parents' silent dancing together to a ritual ceremony like a wedding, and says that after Gerry Evans leaves, his mother grieves as a bride would grieve. Compare and contrast the relationship between Gerry Evans and Chris with a real marriage.
Essay Topic 2
Dancing is a central metaphor in this play, and Michael ends the play with a monologue about what dance meant to him. Compare and contrast the effects of dance on him as a boy, when he is frightened by the wild, strange behavior of his family members as they dance, with his reflections on dance at the end of the play.
Essay Topic 3
Rose is described as "simple," yet she is the one who informs the family about goings-on in the village and in the world around them. How do you imagine that she gets this information, and what does it tell you about her and the way the family views her? Use examples from the play to explore Rose's character. Do her sisters understand her? Does she understand them? Why or why not?
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