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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 Maire say must be wet in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Whose boat does Doalty tell Owen he saw at port last night in Act 3?

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

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

5. Maire says in Act 2, Scene 2 that the leap across what nearly killed her?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Lancey enters in Act 3, what does he inform the students?

2. When Manus to tell the men from the school that he'll write and explain, what is Owen's reply?

3. What does Manus tell Owen just before he leaves regarding their father? What does he say to Sarah?

4. What reason would Sarah have for crying and feeling guilt in Act 3?

5. What does Hugh say to Owen after he finds the names book in Act 3?

6. What is Maire's demeanor in Act 3 when she enters? What does she ask Owen?

7. Describe the significance and repetition of the word "always" in Act 2, Scene 2.

8. What does Doalty imply in Act 3 regarding the Donnelly twins?

9. How do Maire and Yolland express that they have both had feelings for one another building up to Act 2, Scene 2?

10. What happens with Sarah in Act 3 once Lancey speaks to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the time period in which the play was written. How does this relate to the themes of Translations?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jimmy and Friel's use of literary allusion in Translations. What is the importance of the texts which Jimmy quotes from?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the term parable and how this applies to Translations. What does parable mean and what would be the message in Friel's parable of the play?

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