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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael James expect Shawn to do in Michael's absence?
(a) Marry Pegeen.
(b) Attend the wake.
(c) Fetch the Widow Quin.
(d) Keep Pegeen company.

2. Christy tells Pegeen that his father:
(a) had passed on years ago.
(b) was a God fearing man.
(c) was always cursing and assaulting people.
(d) was in an asylum.

3. The most significant conflict at the end of Act 1 is:
(a) Pegeen is flirting with Christy when she is engaged to someone else.
(b) Christy has run away from home.
(c) The Widow Quin wants to take Christy home.
(d) Michael James has had too much to drink at the wake.

4. The majority of the characters' dialogues include:
(a) Exaggeration.
(b) Blessing the Lord.
(c) Fowl language.
(d) Prose.

5. When the character, Christy Mahon enters the scene, he is:
(a) Looking for the police.
(b) Looking for a bride.
(c) Suffering from a severe gash in his head.
(d) Tired, frightened, and dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Old Mahon come to Pegeen's home?

2. What is the mood in Act II?

3. When Christy comes out of the back room, the girls:

4. Pegeen's relationship with her father can be described as:

5. The ethnic background of the characters in the play is:

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