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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meg comes back in. About what do she and Pat argue?
(a) Whether the Irish Soldier should be staying here.
(b) Whether Monsewer's leaving is a good choice.
(c) Whether Monsewer's kidnapping plan is a good one.
(d) Whether the British will take them hostage.

2. What do Pat and Meg talk briefly about when Monsewer leaves?
(a) One of the tenants Monsewer brought into the house.
(b) The prostitutes in the house.
(c) How well he runs the house.
(d) The boarding house's expenses.

3. The Officer says the prisoner will be arriving soon but what?
(a) He will be very disagreeable.
(b) They have not actually captured him yet.
(c) He is injured.
(d) He may not be the only one.

4. When the sailor shows a handful of notes, what do Meg and Pat comment?
(a) Money is the best religion and the best form of politics.
(b) They do not want his dirty money.
(c) Money means nothing when one is a Communist.
(d) No amount of money can persuade them.

5. Why is this person playing the bagpipes?
(a) He is a professional bagpipe player.
(b) He is practicing to play a lament for a young member of the IRA who is to be executed the following morning.
(c) She is practicing to play a lament for a young member of the IRA who is to be executed the following morning.
(d) She is a professional bagpipe player.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pat say he lost his leg?

2. Pat comments that when he first arrived, Monsewer spoke nothing but what?

3. As Pat comments on how pretty Teresa is, what does Meg say?

4. Who is playing the bagpipes?

5. On what does Pat insist from the officer?

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