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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. What is Lieutenant Clark growing on his island?
(a) Papaya trees.
(b) Orange trees.
(c) Mango trees.
(d) Pineapple trees.

2. Where did Dabby Bryant grow up?
(a) Blackpool.
(b) Cheshire.
(c) Bedford.
(d) Devon.

3. In Act One: Scene 10, how long before the play is performed?
(a) 7 days.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) 5 days.
(d) A few days.

4. In Act One: Scene 11, what rehearsal is held at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) First.

5. Where was Sideway born and bred?
(a) Southwark.
(b) Bermondsey.
(c) Wandsworth.
(d) Bexley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ralph want Mary to play in The Recruiting Officer?

2. How much time does Dabby say that they spent on the convict ship?

3. Who is playing Sergeant Kite?

4. What crop is Lieutenant Clark growing that he thinks is being stolen?

5. How many miles have the men in Scene 3 traveled?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mary Brenham?

2. What discussion is there about Duckling playing Liz Morden's maid?

3. In Act One, Scene 3, what is a common punishment, and how does it affect the person being punished?

4. Who are the men who stole from the ship's stores?

5. Can Dabby Bryant read, and how does that affect her getting a part in the play?

6. What is Ralph Clark doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 9?

7. How does an aborigine describe the arrival of the first convict fleet in Botany Bay on January 20, 1788?

8. What will Sylvia in the play inherit?

9. What does Wisehammer say about the word country?

10. What does Sideway complain about during the rehearsal in Act One: Scene 11?

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