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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hitchcock sing a song about?

2. What does the Mayor give Musgrave permission to do?

3. Who arrives to take the soldiers' crates up the canal?

4. What does the Bargee say the soldiers have come to do?

5. What does the Parson say soldiers should serve with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Mrs. Hitchcock and the Parson's opinion of the strike?

2. How does Musgrave react to Walsh's dislike of him?

3. Why does Mrs. Hitchcock think Musgrave got his logic wrong?

4. What are Annie's opinions of soldiers?

5. What does Walsh tells Musgrave at the end of Act 3, Scene 1, Part 1?

6. What does Attercliffe raise up from the box?

7. How does Musgrave's situation become precarious in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2?

8. What does Annie tell the crowd about the soldiers?

9. What is the Bargee's opinion on the soldiers?

10. What does Musgrave demonstrate during his speech in Act 3, Scene 1, Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

Examine the construction of Arden's argument.

1) How does he introduce his ideas?

2) How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3) What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Arden's argument?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following and outline their influence on Musgrave's life:

1) The army

2) Religion

3) War

4) Authority

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