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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. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One year.
(c) One hundred years.
(d) Twenty-five years.

2. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, what does Michael Rowen say happens at Zion?
(a) Cherokee attack and wipe out the settlement.
(b) Daniel Boone visits the settlement.
(c) A new mayor is elected.
(d) A new general store opens.

3. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) A neighbor woman.
(b) His doctor.
(c) The black female slave.
(d) His wife, Star.

4. Why does Jed initially resist Richard's arguments about joining the war?
(a) He says it's a rich man's war and he's not rich.
(b) He can't afford a uniform.
(c) He fears getting shot.
(d) He wants to be a preacher and doesn't want to kill anyone.

5. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, how does Michael Rowen say he injures his ankle?
(a) In a fall from his horse.
(b) His foot gets caught in a bear trap.
(c) He falls down some steps.
(d) In a tumble down a hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?

2. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?

3. According to J.T. at the beginning of Play Six, who sometimes takes the shape of a channel catfish?

4. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?

5. What does Jed do when Talbert asks for his help in getting off the battle field in Play Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the union and the mining company have to share responsibility for the mining accident at the end of Play Eight?

2. What character flaw do Patrick Rowen and his father Michael share and what dark act does it lead each of them to commit?

3. Discuss Joshua's dream at the beginning of Play Nine and what it symbolizes.

4. Explain how Scene Three of Play Eight reflects the civil rights movement occurring in America during the mid-1950s when the play is set.

5. What thought does Morning Star think she and her newborn son share?

6. What kind of soldier is Richard Talbert once he gets to the battle field in Play Five, God's Great Supper?

7. Discuss the significance of the title of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, both literally and figuratively.

8. What does Cassius Biggs experience in France during World War One and how does it compare with what he experiences in the United States upon his return?

9. From where does Joshua get the Rowen gold watch in Play Nine, what does he do with it and what do his actions symbolize?

10. Who is Mother Jones in Play Seven?

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