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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Scenes 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does John Wisehammer say that his father found in a house he was clearing out?
(a) Candide.
(b) Johnson's dictionary A-L.
(c) Johnson's dictionary M-Z.
(d) The Age of Reason.

2. Who is playing Sergeant Kite?
(a) Black Caesar.
(b) Ketch Freeman.
(c) John Arscott.
(d) Robert Sideway.

3. Who says that Mary Brenham can read and write?
(a) Judige Collins.
(b) Governor Phillip.
(c) Reverend Johnson.
(d) Dabby Bryant.

4. In Scene 1, where is the ship headed?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Australia.
(d) Bahamas.

5. What does Liz say that she would do if she was rich?
(a) Sit in a garden.
(b) Have cake.
(c) Eat herself sick.
(d) Read a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Phillip, who believed that it was a citizen's duty to watch a play?

2. What does an aborigine call the first convict ship to land in Australia?

3. In Act One: Scene 11, what rehearsal is held at the beginning of the scene?

4. What is the name of Sylvia's brother in the play The Recruiting Officer?

5. In Act Two: Scene 2, how many of the cast of The Recruiting Officer are in chains?

(see the answer key)

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