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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 Pat bitterly say about their house?

2. What ironic comment does Pat make, regarding what Monsewar has told him?

3. What does Pat say is ready for their "visitor?"

4. What does Meg tell Teresa about Monswer?

5. The Officer says the prisoner will be arriving soon but what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Soldier do when Teresa enters the room?

2. What does the Soldier ask the Volunteer? What is the Volunteer's response?

3. What does Miss Gilchrist do for the Soldier?

4. What news does Monsewer have for Pat?

5. How does Miss Gilchrist respond when the others angrily ask her about her name?

6. What happens when Mulleady asks about the shirts Meg was to have laundered?

7. How does the scene end?

8. What takes place between the Soldier and Teresa when they are first alone?

9. Of what does the Soldier try to convince Meg?

10. What do Pat and Meg think about the kidnapping of the British soldier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Various characters are symbolic.

Part 1) How are the characters symbolic? Why are they each symbolic?

Part 2) How do they evolve throughout the play? What is the purpose of this evolution?

Part 3) What message does the playwright want the audience to take away from these symbolic characters, as well as how they evolve and are developed throughout the play.

Essay Topic 2

The kidnapping of the British soldier can be seen as symbolic.

Part 1) Why is he kidnapped? How is this symbolic?

Part 2) What is the purpose of his death? Is it symbolic? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) What other examples of symbolism exist in this story? What is the purpose of this symbolism? What message does the playwright send the audience through this symbolism?

Essay Topic 3

A sub-theme of the play is no matter who and what these people are and what they do to survive, patriotism in the name of Ireland is the one noble value they have in their lives.

Part 1) How does one know this is a sub-theme?

Part 2) How does this sub-theme reflect the beliefs of the characters in this play?

Part 3) Does this type of patriotism exist anywhere else in the world? If so, where and why? If not, why not?

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