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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The motivation for sending the girls to meet Christy is:
(a) The hope that he will like one of them better than Pegeen.
(b) To ask if he really is a murderer.
(c) To bring him back to the Widow Quin's house.
(d) To spy on him.

2. What is the mood in Act II?
(a) Silly.
(b) Tense.
(c) Somber.
(d) Mysterious.

3. Pegeen's wedding is on hold until her fiance receives:
(a) A job.
(b) An endowment.
(c) Her father's blessing.
(d) Dispensation from the Holy Father.

4. Christy leaves Pegeen's house to go:
(a) Follow Old Mahon and finish him off.
(b) Down to join in the races.
(c) Find Michael Flaherty.
(d) To be blessed.

5. What is Christy's reaction to his father?
(a) Afraid that he will be punished by God.
(b) Angry that he pretended to be dead.
(c) Guilty for hurting him.
(d) Embarrassed about not doing a good job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Act 1, Pegeen is complaining because:

3. What Christy offer the Widow Quin if she will help him win Pegeen?

4. Christy responds to Pegeen with, "We're alike so" after she tells him:

5. Considering the Irish dialect used by the author, the term "da" means:

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