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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 the king remind Pa that he has to come to?

2. What is the character Pa defined by?

3. Which of the is a synonym for epithet?

4. What is Rosamund concerned about?

5. How does Pa react to the news?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pa say he will do if the strange noise came from a Russian?

2. What debate do the soldiers have about Pa and what is their final decision?

3. What news does the messenger bring to Ma and Pa and how does Pa react to the message?

4. Why had the king called Pa to his throne room?

5. What are Ma and Pa doing on the deck of the ship?

6. What does Pa do after he is crowned?

7. What does Pa do to get everyone to leave and how do they respond?

8. What is Ma's opinion of how the crowd reacts to Pa's throwing of the gold?

9. What happens when Ma tells Pa that the new tax on marriages isn't making money?

10. What does Ma find as she searches for the kingdom's treasure and how does she react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What type of person is Ma? Would you want her to be your friend? Why or why not? What type of job do you think Ma would succeed at doing? Why do you think this way?

Essay Topic 2

How does the chaotic writing style used by the author help to make one of the play's key thematic points? Do you agree with this thematic point? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The play was originally preformed as a puppet show. In what ways would this play be better shown as a puppet show? In what ways are human actors better?

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