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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 his missing leg have to do with his conversation with Meg?

2. As the IRA officer inspects the books, what does he say?

3. What do Pat and Meg talk briefly about when Monsewer leaves?

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

5. What do Pat, Meg, and Monsewer discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about Mulleady and Meg in the beginning of this scene?

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

3. What takes place while Teresa is under the bed?

4. How does Meg react to Princess Grace's news? How do the others respond?

5. For what does the Soldier ask? Does he get it? Why or why not?

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

7. When Meg returns, about what do she and Pat argue?

8. For whom does the Soldier mistake Miss Gilchrist? Why?

9. What happens when gunshots are heard?

10. What transitions into the first scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teresa is revealed as a humanist.

Part 1) How is she revealed as a humanist? What does her compassion foreshadow?

Part 2) How do Teresa's humanist views play into the tension of the play?

Part 3) What is the purpose for Teresa's character? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

There is tension between the various characters.

Part 1) Give two examples of tension. Why does this tension exist?

Part 2) How is this tension affected by the play's vaudeville style? Why?

Part 3) How does this tension imitate real life?

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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