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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. Which of the following is one of the main themes of this play?

2. What does the king do for Pa?

3. How does Scene 7 end?

4. What does Manure say to Pa's suggestion?

5. What is Rosamund concerned about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pa do after the race is complete and the peasants have taken their gold coin?

3. What information does Ma share with the audience in her soliloquy?

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

5. What does Pa say to his soldiers when they take refuge from the storm in a cave?

6. How does Pa react to the king's offer and what does he give the king?

7. Who are the two main characters and what are they discussing as the play opens?

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

9. Why does the king punish Buggerless and what is his punishment?

10. What does Ma say that she and Pa still have to be careful with and what do they owe Manure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

There is a great amount of violence in the play. In what ways is the violence necessary? Do you believe it helps to enhance the novel or detract from it? Why do you think this way?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between the monologue and the aside? How does the author utilize both in the novel? What type of information is best for each type of dialogue device? Why do you think this way?

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