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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christy do while Shawn and Pegeen are arguing over what to do with him?
(a) Prays that the Widow Quin will rescue him.
(b) Removes the table leg.
(c) Gulps down a pint of poteen.
(d) Bites Shawn in the leg.

2. When the characters use the term "himself" they are referring to:
(a) A widow's dead husband.
(b) The master of the house.
(c) God.
(d) He.

3. One character in the play who does not suggest that Christy leave town is:
(a) Shawn.
(b) Pegeen.
(c) The Widow Quin.
(d) Old Mahon.

4. Which of the following characters could be described as the most impulsive?
(a) Shawn Keogh
(b) Old Mahon
(c) The Widow Quin
(d) Christy Mahon

5. How does the Widow Quin try to convince Old Mahon that he is crazy?
(a) She says Christy is her son.
(b) She reminds him that he has had hallucinations before.
(c) She reminds him that he said his son was a fool, not a winner.
(d) She pretends she cannot understand him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The majority of the characters' dialogues include:

2. When the village girls come to meet Christy, the one item they do not bring him is?

3. What is the most significant plot change in Act II?

4. One of themes of the play involves how people:

5. Pegeen's discussion with Christy after her father leaves is interrupted by:

(see the answer key)

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