Cathleen ni Houlihan Quizzes

Cathleen ni Houlihan Quiz 1

1 Which famous poet contributed to the script?

Seamus Heaney

George Bernard Shaw

T.S. Eliot

W.B. Yeats
2 With whom did he collaborate on the script?

T.S. Eliot

Lady Augusta Gregory

W.H. Auden

George Bernard Shaw
3 When did the play premiere?

1902

1899

1904

1900
4 How many acts are in the play?

5

1

3

2
5 Who wrote the peasant dialogue?

Lady Gregory

Yeats' wife

Yeats

Shaw
6 In addition to being Yeats' collaborator, Lady Gregory was also his ______.

Muse

Wife

Patron

Daughter
7 Who wrote Cathleen's dialogue?

Auden

Yeats

Gregory

Shaw
8 Where does the play take place?

Ireland

America

England

Scotland
9 What is the play about?

Irish nationalism

Environmentalism

Marriage

Sibling rivalry
10 In what year is the play set?

1776

1798

1801

1759
11 Where does the action take place?

At a tavern

Inside a cottage

In a field

On a ship
12 Who is the mother?

Delia

Cathleen

Margaret

Bridget
13 Who is the father?

John

Peter

Michael

Patrick
14 Who is the younger son?

Michael

George

Patrick

Peter
15 How old is Patrick?

13

10

12

7
16 What do they hear outside?

Cheering

Canons

Screaming

Thunder
17 What does Bridget look at on the table?

A parcel

A wounded bird

A bag of flour

A flower
18 What is happening the next day?

A job interview

The beginning of a new political administration

A wedding

A funeral
19 Who is getting married?

Cathleen

Patrick

Michael

Peter
20 Who is Michael marrying?

Delia

Laura

Cathleen

Lily
21 What does Peter think the cheering is for?

Cathleen ni Houlihan

A hurling match

The return of the French

A parade
22 Who does Patrick see outside?

A priest

An old woman

Mr. Cahel

Delia
23 Who told Patrick a story about a mysterious old woman?

Uncle Dabney

Winny of the Cross Roads

Meg of Killala

Delia's grandmother
24 Who comes in next?

Delia

Michael

Mr. Cahel

Cathleen ni Houlihan
25 How much of the dowry did Mr. Cahel want to withhold?

Half

All of it

A quarter

Three quarters

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