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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Act 1 begins with Pegeen:
(a) Giving Shawn a list of wedding supplies.
(b) Writing a list of supplies for her father's wedding.
(c) Writing a request for wedding supplies.
(d) Daydreaming about her wedding.

2. A second rivalry in act one involves:
(a) The Widow Quin and Shawn Keogh.
(b) Christy Mahon and Shawn Keogh.
(c) Shawn Keogh and Michael James.
(d) The Old Mahon and Christy Mahon.

3. Shawn is mocked by Pegeen and her father because:
(a) He says he is God fearing when he is really just afraid.
(b) He won't fight Christy Mahon.
(c) Pegeen is smaller than him and can beat him up.
(d) He won't go to the wake.

4. A "shebeen" is a:
(a) Fireplace.
(b) Vegetable grown for irish stew.
(c) Makeshift country inn.
(d) Female of ill repute.

5. The argument between the Widow Quin and Pegeen involves:
(a) The Widow Quin attempting to marry Pegeen's father.
(b) The Widow Quin attempting to stay overnight at Pegeen's.
(c) The Widow Quin attempting to take Shawn away from Pegeen.
(d) The Widow Quin attempting to take Christy home with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. The length of time covered in Act 1 is:

2. As Michael James meets and converses with Christy, he addresses him as:

3. Pegeen's father is going out for the evening to:

4. Pegeen's formal name is:

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

(see the answer key)

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