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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the village girls arrive, they interrupt Christy as he is:
(a) Admiring himself in a mirror.
(b) Snooping.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Trying to escape.

2. The character who is most unbending about his or her religious beliefs is:
(a) Michael Flaherty.
(b) Shawn.
(c) Christy.
(d) Pegeen.

3. Pegeen punishes Christy for being friendly to the girls by:
(a) Banishing him from her home.
(b) Telling the details of the hanging of a man who killed his da.
(c) Making him scrub the dishes.
(d) Not speaking to him.

4. Considering the Irish dialect used by the author, the term "da" means:
(a) Brother.
(b) Lame.
(c) Father.
(d) Fiance.

5. Shawn will not stay the night because:
(a) He wants to attend the wake.
(b) He is afraid of Father Reilly.
(c) He is afraid of the peelers.
(d) He is afraid of the person wailing in the ditch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would not be offered in trade for a favor by the characters in the play?

2. The term "pot-boy" refers to:

3. Which character has the most at stake due to the appearance of Christy?

4. What does Christy see out the window just as he is about to join the races?

5. Christy describes himself to Pegeen and the men as:

(see the answer key)

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