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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. What does dancing become in Michael's memory?
2. Why does Rose say she has to leave the berry picking early?
3. Why can't Vera McLaughlin work in the new factory?
4. Why is Kate offended at Uncle Jack's talk of multiple wives?
5. Why does Kate think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?
Short Essay Questions
1. There are important facts about the Spanish Civil War that Gerry Evans does not understand. One is that the Popular Front represents a Fascist, rather than a Republican, government. The other is that the Popular Front is anti-Catholic. How is this ignorance on his part ironic?
2. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his ministry in Ryanga when Maggie asks if the people there gathered in his church for ceremonies?
3. What significance can we attach to Uncle Jack's declaration that he is cold all the time?
4. What does it tell you about Gerry Evans that he says he will check the ignition and sparking plugs of the radio?
5. How did Michael behave as his father, Gerry Evans, had done?
6. How does Rose trick Agnes and get away from her?
7. How does Uncle Jack reveal that the Ryangans have not been converted to Christianity by his efforts?
8. Where did Gerry Evans sign up for military service, and why is that location significant?
9. What has changed about Rose's appearance when she comes home from her meeting with Danny Bradley?
10. What do you make of the kites as a symbol or metaphor, and of the fact that they wouldn't fly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the Ryangan idea of marriage with what Kate calls the "holy sacrament of matrimony." Judging from the main characters and their romantic relationships, make a statement comparing the costs and benefits of both kinds of marriage. Cite quotations from the play to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
The playwright, Brian Friel, uses the character Michael to tell the audience the eventual fate of the characters before the play itself is finished. How did knowing where the characters' actions would lead them affect you as a reader? Did you find it an effective dramatic device?
Essay Topic 3
The character of Uncle Jack has paid a heavy cost in both body and mind to serve the lepers in Ryanga. He has also learned different ways of looking at the world than he had when he left Ireland. Do you see his character as a failure? Why or why not?
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