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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 is Mary doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 10?

2. What did Sideway used to buy from market traders in London?

3. What names does Clark call his wife?

4. What does an aborigine say billows from the oars of the ship he sees in Scene 2?

5. What play did Ralph Clark read on the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Duckling want from Harry in Act One: Scene 7?

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

3. What does Wisehammer say about the word country?

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

5. How does Sideway discuss himself and his life in London?

6. How is it discovered that Liz Morden cannot read?

7. What did Wisehammer's father used to do, and what did his father find that particularly interested him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Liz was seen with Kable before the food was stolen. What evidence was there that Liz had stolen the evidence? Why is the evidence flimsy? Was Liz convicted because of guilt-by-association?

Essay Topic 2

Some actors play two parts in The Recruiting Officer. Why do some characters have to play dual roles in The Recruiting Officer? Why do Clark and others believe that the audience will easily understand when characters are playing two parts?

Essay Topic 3

Phillip has promoted the play because he believes it will help the convicts change their lives. How does Phillip believe that the theater will help the convicts become better people and better citizens? Does the play transform the lives of the convicts?

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