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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yolland do to try to make himself be understood by Maire in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Speaks Irish.
(b) Speaks loudly.
(c) Speaks German.
(d) Speaks Latin.

2. When is Jimmy getting married in Act 3?
(a) Halloween.
(b) St. Patrick's Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

3. What does Yolland call himself to Maire in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) George.
(b) Lieutenant Yolland.
(c) Yolland.
(d) Michael.

4. What does Maire call Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Michael.
(b) Yolland.
(c) Lieutenant George.
(d) Lieutenant Yolland.

5. Where does Maire comment that Sarah got the dress she wore at the dance in Act 3?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Dubllin.
(d) Boston.

6. What does Lancey say the army will do if Yolland is not found in 24 hours?
(a) Shoot the townspeople.
(b) Burn down the church.
(c) Shoot all the livestock.
(d) Burn down the village.

7. Maire says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2, "Tu es centurio in - in - in _____ Britannico."
(a) Exercitu.
(b) Nocte.
(c) Corpus.
(d) Entretu.

8. What word did Yolland make fun of Maire for mispronouncing in Act 3?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Around.
(c) Norwich.
(d) Maypole.

9. What does Yolland say he's made up his mind to do in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Leave.
(b) Stay.
(c) Sail to Bombay.
(d) Tell Manus.

10. Sarah enters and sees what in the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Maire and Yolland weeping.
(b) Maire and Yolland talking.
(c) Maire and Yolland laughing.
(d) Maire and Yolland kissing.

11. Yolland tells Maire that he spends his days either thinking of her or what in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Wishing to be with her.
(b) Looking at her fields.
(c) Looking at the ocean.
(d) Looking at her house.

12. What place does Yolland speak of first to Maire in attempting Irish in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Bun na hAbhann.
(b) Dubh Carraig.
(c) Mullach.
(d) Loch an Iubhair.

13. What does Maire stoop down and pick up to show Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A leaf.
(b) A twig.
(c) Clay.
(d) A rock.

14. What does Doalty tell Owen to translate for Lancey in Act 3?
(a) That the potato blight has arrived.
(b) That the camp is on fire.
(c) That the soldiers are leaving.
(d) That the church is on fire.

15. Yolland says to Maire in Act 2, Scene 2 that they must have looked like what?
(a) They were in a war.
(b) They were crazy.
(c) They were horses.
(d) They were being chased.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Fiddler O'Shea say he would be back in the town in Act 3?

2. Who has been appointed head master at the new school in Act 3?

3. Maire tells Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2 she loves the sound of what?

4. What does Maire do in Act 2, Scene 2 when she says "Lag"?

5. From where is the new head master in the new school in Act 3?

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