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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. How does an aborigine describe the first convict ship to land in Australia?

2. In Scene 1, how many lashes does a convict receive?

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

4. How many men are present at the beginning of Scene 3?

5. In the play, where does Silvia say they had cold air from when they were at boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ketch tell Clark about leaving Ireland?

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

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

4. What part does Black Caesar say that he will play?

5. What will Sylvia in the play inherit?

6. In Act One: Scene 3, why is there a discussion about hanging some of the convicts?

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

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

9. Who is Mary Brenham?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Convicts were transported to Australia to serve their time. For what type of crimes were convicts in the play hanged or sentenced to exile? Were the convicts given fair trials?

Essay Topic 2

Convicts can be flogged or hanged for crimes like stealing food. Is flogging an inhumane punishment? How do officers like Ross humiliate prisoners? Are the convicts treated inhumanely?

Essay Topic 3

Ross is sure that the play will cause problems. Why does Ross expect that the play will cause problems? How does he believe that his expectations are proven to be true?

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