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

2. Who does Jimmy ask to be his best man in Act 3?

3. Who is playing music in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. When is Jimmy getting married in Act 3?

5. Yolland tells Maire in Act 2, Scene 2 that her English is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Maire return to the hedge school in Act 3? What conversation does she have?

3. What are Bridget and Doalty talking about when they enter in Act 3?

4. Compare the characters of Yolland and Manus as they relate to Maire as a love interest.

5. What is unique about the way the playwright uses language in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

7. In what ways are Maire and Yolland shy and awkward in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

9. What is ironic about Maire's speaking English in Act 2, Scene 2?

10. How is Act 3 like Act 1? How is it different?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the element of disability as it applies to the characters of Manus and Sarah. How do their disabilities make them alike? How do they limit them in the world?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the plot structure of Translations. How does this plot relate to the plots of Greek dramas and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the ending of Translations mirrors the beginning. What opposites are represented in the ending of the play? What is the symbolic meaning of this?

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