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Study Questions and Activities<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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Act I\r\n<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n
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  1. Why does Boyle call himself \u201cCaptain\u201d?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Identify Jerry Devine.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Why does Juno not want to leave for work before the captain begins his breakfast?<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Why is Mary on strike?<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. What is the main difference between a \u201cdie-hard\u201d and a \u201cfree-stater\u201d?<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. What faction did Robbie Tancred side with in the Civil War?<\/li>\r\n \t
  7. What is the comic significance of the coal-vendor?<\/li>\r\n \t
  8. Why does Mary pay so little attention to Jerry?<\/li>\r\n \t
  9. Why is Joxer afraid to stick his head out of the window?<\/li>\r\n \t
  10. What plan do Joxer and the captain make in case they are surprised by Juno?<\/li>\r\n \t
  11. Why does the captain come to the conclusion that Devine is \"not like a Christian at all\"?<\/li>\r\n \t
  12. How does Boyle turn Father Farrell\u2019s offer of help into an attack on the clergy?<\/li>\r\n \t
  13. To what is Johnny referring when he boasts that \"Ireland only half free will never be at peace while she has a son left to pull the trigger\"?<\/li>\r\n \t
  14. What news does Bentham bring?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Act II\r\n<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n
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    1. Does Boyle continue to attack the clergy?<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. What words of Mrs Tancred in Act II does Juno repeat in Act III?<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. What is the thematic role of Bentham\u2019s theosophy?<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. Why is the will a \u201cwashout\u201d?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      Act III\r\n<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n
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      1. Find one of Mrs Madigan\u2019s malapropisms in Act III.<\/li>\r\n \t
      2. Comment on Devine\u2019s words, \u201cMary, humanity is above everything.\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t
      3. What does Boyle mean when near the end of the play he speaks of his \u201cVolunteer butties\u201d?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        Short Essay Questions<\/h1>\r\n
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        1. Discuss irony in the play.<\/li>\r\n \t
        2. Show how Boyle is not the only person guilty of \u201cpeacockery\u201d in the play.<\/li>\r\n \t
        3. What are some uses O\u2019Casey makes of song in the play?<\/li>\r\n \t
        4. How is Capt. Boyle a miles gloriosus<\/em> figure?<\/li>\r\n \t
        5. Discuss Joxer Daly as a type of comic \u201cparasite\u201d as in Ben Jonson.<\/li>\r\n \t
        6. Compare Capt. Jack with Shakespeare\u2019s Falstaff.<\/li>\r\n \t
        7. Compare Maisie Madigan and Chaucer\u2019s Wyf of Bath or Shakespeare\u2019s Mistress Quickly.<\/li>\r\n \t
        8. The song \u201cYoung Cassidy<\/a>\u201d is not sung in the play, but it is a tribute to Sean O\u2019Casey. Demonstrate why this is so. You will need to do a little biographical research.