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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who gives an inspirational speech when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?
(a) Ezekiel Rowen.
(b) Patrick Rowen.
(c) Jed Rowen.
(d) Richard Talbert.
2. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?
(a) Rob a merchant.
(b) Become an indentured servant.
(c) Kill his first man.
(d) Go to jail.
3. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?
(a) Jed Rowen.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Sallie Rowen.
(d) Mary Anne Rowen.
4. In Play Four, to whom does Patrick Rowen owe money now that his bank folds?
(a) Sallie.
(b) The fat circuit court judge.
(c) The town preacher.
(d) Jeremiah.
5. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?
(a) He is a schoolmaster.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) He is an indentured servant.
(d) He is a soldier.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old are Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen in Play Three, The Homecoming?
2. In Scene Four of The Courtship of Morning Star, how does Morning star respond when Michael Rowen pulls her into his lap and begins kissing her?
3. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?
4. Whose raiders does Jed join after he leaves Talbert's army in Play Five?
5. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Play Eight, in what ways does Scotty's experience in the Korean War seem to influence his opinions about the mining company and the union?
2. What does Patrick Rowen tell Rebecca in Play Three, The Homecoming, that his father does to his baby sister?
3. What thought does Morning Star think she and her newborn son share?
4. What evidence in Play Eight indicates that Margaret Rowen is an alcoholic?
5. What is the significance of the pock marks on Morning Star's skin in Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star?
6. Why doesn't Joshua want the miners to walk out of the unsafe Blue Star Mine in Play Eight?
7. How does Jed's dream change at the end of Play Five, God's Great Supper, from what it is at the beginning of the play?
8. Why do the union and the mining company have to share responsibility for the mining accident at the end of Play Eight?
9. Discuss Richard Talbert's attempt in Play Five, God's Great Supper, to persuade Jed Rowen to resolve their family differences.
10. How is Ezekiel Rowen's nickname of Preacher ironic?
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