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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 do when Colette takes the money?

2. When she is gone, what does Monsewer tell Pat?

3. What circumstances do Meg and Pat discuss?

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

5. This person who will soon be arriving is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the play end?

3. How do the other characters react, when Meg finishes her song?

4. How does Teresa act when she finds out the Officer did not give the Soldier the cigarettes? How does the Soldier respond?

5. Why is Monsewer playing the bagpipes?

6. What does Monsewer want to do with the Soldier? To what does this lead?

7. What does Monsewer think about the Irish soldier's predicament?

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

9. How does the conversation between Teresa and the Soldier end?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Pat makes a comment about H-bombs.

Part 1) What is the comment that he makes? Why does he make this comment?

Part 2) How is this comment important to the play and the message sent by the playwright to the audience?

Part 3) What is the connection between this comment and the soldier's song at the end of the act? What is the purpose for this connection?

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