Riders to the Sea

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Riders to the Sea MCQ:

1. What year was the play 'Riders to the Sea' written?

(a) 1900
(b) 1903
(c) 1905
(d) 1904

2. In what year was 'Riders to the Sea' published?

(a) 1903
(b) 1920
(c) 1904
(d) 1898

3. Who is the writer of the play 'Riders to the Sea' ?

(a) J M Synge

(b) Robert Frost

(d) H W Longfellow

4. Who advised Synge to go to Aran islands?

(a) Robert Frost

(b) William Butler Yeats

(d) William Wordsworth

5. Synge is

(a) French
(b) English
(c) Scottish
(d) Irish

6. The play is a/an

(a) satire
(b) tragedy
(c) comedy
(d) farce

7. The play is set in

(a) London
(b) one of the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland
(c) Dublin
(d) the Irish countryside

What is the setting of the play?

(a) Impoverished, urban city
(b) Desolate cottage on the Aran Islands
(c) Dublin, Ireland
(d) On a boat at sea

Where is the play "Riders to the Sea" set?

(a) A village in England

(b) An island off the west coast of Ireland

(d) A coastal city in France

8. What is significant about Synge's play?

(a) The sombre setting
(b) First use of deus ex machina
(c) Dialogue highlights female perspective
(d) Authentic Irish dialect

9. How many acts is the play?

(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 3

10. What does Maurya accept at the end of the play?

(a) The power of fate

(b) The hope of a better future

(d) The return of her sons

Answer: (a) The power of fate

11. What literary movement is Synge associated with?

(a) Romanticism

(b) Modernism

(d) realism

12. What role do women play in the tragedy?

(a) They represent hope and survival

(b) They are symbols of wisdom and suffering

(d) They actively challenge fate

13. What natural element is most significant in the play?

(a) Fire

(b) Wind

(d) Earth

14. What symbolizes death and fate in the play?

(a) The grey pony

(d) The church bell

(b) The spinning wheel

15. What is the tone of the play?

(a) Humorous

(b) Optimistic

(d) Suspenseful

16. What is the final message of the play?

(a) The sea is merciful

(b) No one can escape fate

(d) Love conquers all

17. What emotion dominates the play?

(a) Joy

(b) Hope

(d) Sorrow

18. What is the significance of the title "Riders to the Sea"?

(a) It symbolizes those who challenge the sea

(b) It refers to fishermen who survive the sea

(d) It describes a mythical story about ocean travellers

19. What is Cathleen doing at the start of the play?

(a) Sewing
(b) Reading
(c) Kneading cake
(d) Singing

20. What does Nora bring into the cottage at the beginning?

(a) Bread
(b) The bundle of clothes
(c) Turf
(d) Plain white boards

21. Who gave the clothes to Nora?

(a) A villager
(b) Maurya
(c) Bartley
(d) The young priest

22. The priest is always described as

(a) brilliant
(b) young
(c) quiet
(d) kind

23. How do they suppose Michael died?

(a) drowning
(b) gunshot
(c) illness
(d) suicide

24. What is Maurya doing at the start of the play?

(a) Wailing
(b) Singing
(c) Lying down
(d) Kneading cake

25. Who wants to go to the Galway Fair?

(a) Nora
(b) Bartley
(c) Maurya
(d) Cathleen

26. Who is confident God wouldn't take away Maurya's sons?

(a) Cathleen
(b) Nora
(c) Maurya herself
(d) The young priest

27. Maurya is best described as

(a) stubborn
(b) openminded
(c) quiet
(d) sweet

28. Who does Maurya think will stop Bartley?

(a) His own conscience
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) The young priest

29. Where is Bartley at the start of the play?

(a) Making a halter
(b) Talking to the priest
(c) Seeing about the ship
(d) Riding horses

30. What is the girls' attitude toward their mother?

(a) Benevolent
(b) Subtly derisive
(c) Obsequious
(d) Hostile

31. What is Bartley looking for when he comes home?

(a) Food
(b) Money
(c) Rope
(d) Clothes

32. What animal was chewing on the rope?

(a) A dog
(b) A cat
(c) A pig
(d) A sheep

33. What does Maurya want the rope for?

(a) The coffin
(b) The well
(c) The halter
(d) Household tasks

34. Who is the coffin initially for?

(a) Maurya
(b) It is unknown
(c) Bartley
(d) Michael

35. What does Maurya think about Bartley going to sea?

(a) She is adamantly against it
(b) She is supportive of it
(c) We do not know her opinion
(d) She is indifferent

36. What is Bartley planning to attend in 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) The horse fair in Connemara
(b) The cattle market in Galway
(c) The sheep auction in Kerry
(d) The fishing festival in Donegal

37. What do Cathleen and Nora hide in the loft to avoid distressing Maurya?

(a) A bundle of clothing
(b) A letter from Michael
(c) A piece of rope
(d) A broken oar

38. Who are the main characters in 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) John, Mary, Patrick, Bridget
(b) Seamus, Fiona, Liam, Deirdre
(c) Maurya, Bartley, Cathleen, Nora
(d) Michael, Siobhan, Connor, Aisling

39. What is one of the main subjects in 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Adventure
(b) Romance
(c) Suffering
(d) Wealth

40. What happens to Bartley at the end of 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) He returns safely
(b) He is injured
(c) He gets lost at sea
(d) He drowns

41. What is the main religion depicted in 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Buddhism
(b) Islam
(c) Hinduism
(d) Christianity

42. What does Bartley use the rope for in 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) To tie up a boat
(b) To make a horse halter
(c) To create a clothesline
(d) To repair a fishing net

43. What genre does 'Riders to the Sea' belong to?

(a) Romance
(b) Drama
(c) Comedy
(d) Science Fiction

44. What does Maurya claim that no man can do?

(a) Keep safe forever
(b) Live forever
(c) Stay home forever
(d) Listen to good advice

45. What does Maurya take down to the spring well?

(a) A warm jacket
(b) Bread wrapped in cloth
(c) A shovel
(d) A bucket

46. Ultimately whose coffin will be made from the white boards?

(a) Bartley
(b) Patch
(c) Maurya
(d) Michael

47. How many days does it take to walk to Donegal?

(a) Six
(b) Ten
(c) Five
(d) Seven

48.Where is Bartley planning to go?

(a) To work
(b) To Inishmaan Island
(c) To Galway Fair
(d) To Donegal

49. Why is it difficult to confirm if the stocking belonged to Michael?

(a) Many people wear similar stockings

(b) It is torn and unrecognizable

(d) The stitches are missing

50. How many stitches did Nora drop from the second of three pairs of stockings she knitted for Michael?

(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Three
(d) Three Score

51. Which of Maurya's sons were drowned when their curagh turned over?

(a) Patch
(b) Shawn
(c) Bartley
(d) Sheamus

52. What colour is the half sail that Bartley's body is carried to the house on?

(a) Blue
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Yellow

53. Who does the priest give articles of clothing to for identification?

(a) Bartley
(b) Nora
(c) Cathleen
(d) Maurya

54. How many men did Nora hear say Bartley would go?

(a) Three
(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Two

55. What is Cathleen doing when Nora returns with her bundle?

(a) Sweeping
(b) Baking
(c) Spinning wheels
(d) Kneading

56. What colour are the petticoats worn by the women who come to mourn Bartley's death?

(a) White
(b) Black
(c) Red
(d) Green

57. How many men does Maurya lose to the sea in total?

(a) Seven
(b) Six
(c) Eight
(d) Nine

58. What does Cathleen offer Colum and Eamon in exchange for building her brother's coffin?

(a) Sewing services
(b) Fresh baked cake
(c) Housecleaning services
(d) Fresh baked bread

59. How is Michael described by Nora after they realize that the stockings given to Nora by the priest belong to him?

(a) A great rower and fisher
(b) A man of the cloth
(c) A great woodsman and farmer
(d) A man with great vision

60. Who does Maurya see riding the gray pony?

(a) Michael
(b) Bartley
(c) Her husband
(d) Shaemus

61. What is the first thing Maurya says after she returns from going to meet Bartley with the cloth wrapped bread still in her hands?

(a) My heart's broken from this day
(b) I seen Michael himself
(c) Bartley didn't come
(d) I seen the fearfulest thing

62. What items does the priest give for identification purposes?

(a) A shirt and jacket
(b) A pair of trousers and stockings
(c) A shirt and a plain stocking
(d) A shirt and trousers

63. At the beginning of the play, what do the women hope the priest will do?

(a) Bless the family with God's love
(b) Convince Bartley to stay home
(c) Marry the eldest sister
(d) Heal Maurya's mysterious illness

64. What do Cathleen and Nora do with the bundle given to them by the priest?

(a) Say a prayer over the remains to bless their dead brother
(b) Create a new flannel out of the scraps
(c) Hide it from their mother and try to verify if the clothes belong to their late brother
(d) Put a curse on Bartley, this way they receive all of their family's inheritance

65. Why does Bartley leave?

(a)To travel across the sea to the market; he is the last living man to support his mother and sisters
(b) He must go to war to protect his family's land
(c) He hates his mother and hopes to escape to a more prominent area in Ireland
(d) He hopes to marry a girl in town

66. Where does Bartley want to go?

(a) Aran Islands
(b) The priest's house
(c) Galway fair
(d) The church

67. What does Nora take out from under her shawl?

(a) A basket of flowers
(b) A bundle of clothes
(c) A piece of garment
(d) A bundle of sticks

68. Which item, as mentioned in Synge's 'Riders to the Sea', is an unusual item in an Irish kitchen?

(a) New Boards
(b) Oil-skins
(c) Sinn wheel
(d) Nets

69. How old is Cathleen in Synge's Riders to the Sea'?

(a) About 20 years old
(b) About 21 years old
(c) About 19 years old
(d) About 22 years old

70. What is Cathleen doing when Synge's 'Riders to the Sea' opens?

(a) Washing clothes
(b) Walking on the shore
(c) Kneading the dough
(d) Preparing a cake by kneading and putting it on pot-oven

71. Who is found to put her head in at the door in the opening of Synge's 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Maurya
(b) Nora
(c) Bartley
(d) Cathleen

72. What/who was discovered in Donegal?

(a) A boat
(b) A drowned man
(c) A rope
(d) White boards

73. Who speaks in a low voice in the opening scene in Synge's "Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Maurya
(b) Cathleen
(c) Bartley
(d) Nora

74. Who prepares a cake in Synge's 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Maurya
(b) Bartley
(c) Cathleen
(d) Nora

75. Which object in the kitchen is meant for the coffin in Synge's 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Nets
(b) New boards
(c) Spinning-wheel
(d) Oil-skins

76. What do kneading and pot-oven suggest?

(a) The preparation of a soup
(b) The preparation of a cake
(c) The preparation of a curry
(d) The preparation of a cup of tea

77. Who are found in the opening scene of 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Michael and Bartley
(b) Bartley and Cathleen
(c) Cathleen and Nora
(d) Nora and Maurya

78. What is the location of the opening part of Synge's 'Riders to the Sea'?

(a) Galway
(b) Connemara
(c) Maurya's kitchen
(d) Maurya's drawing room

79. For whom is Cathleen preparing a cake?

(a) Michel
(b) Maurya
(c) Nora
(d) Bartley

80. Whose clothes are those that Nora brings home?

(a) A drowned man in Donegal
(b) Bartley
(c) Cathleen
(d) Maurya

81. Why did the young priest give Nora a bundle of clothes?

(a) If it was Michael's
(b) If it was Bartley's
(c) If it was their father's
(d) If it belonged to any neighbour's

82. Where is Donegal?

(a) Easternmost county of Ireland
(b) Westernmost county of Ireland
(c) Northernmost county of Ireland
(d) Southernmost county of Ireland

83. What, according to Nora, is the condition of the sea by the White rocks?

(a) Middling bad
(b) Rough
(c) Calm and quiet
(d) Not bad

84. Who, according to the priest, is supposed to have a 'clean burial"?

(a) Maurya's husband
(b) Michael
(c) Bartley
(d) Bartley's friend

85. The play 'Riders to the Sea' opens with the speech: "Where is she?"-Who is 'she'?

(a) Maurya
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) Bartley

86. What are the objects found at a glance in the kitchen of Maurya's kitchen?

(a) Nets and oil-skins
(b) oilskins and spinnin-wheel
(c) Spinning-wheels, nets, oil skins and new boards
(d) Nets, oil-skins, and rope

87. Who was asked to stop Bartley from going to the Galway fair?

(a) Maurya
(b) Bartley's friend
(c) Cathleen
(d) The young priest

88. Who says, "It's hard set we'll be surely the day you're drowned with the rest"?

(a) The young priest
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) Maurya

89. Where is Connemara?

(a) In the Western district of Galway
(b) In the eastern part of Ireland
(c) In the southern part of Ireland
(d) in the Eastern district of Galway

90. Where was the bit of new rope that was bought in Connemara?

(a) Hanging on a nail
(b) Kept in a box
(c) On the table
(d) Under the stool

91. When, according to Maurya, will the rope be needed?

(a) If the wind becomes favourable
(b) If their room is to be repaired
(c) If Michael is washed up
(d) if they want to tie up the turf

92. What sign of Bartley's arrival did Cathleen mention?

(a) Bartley's voice
(b) A friend reported
(c) The clock
(d) Heard someone passing the big stone

93. What was Maurya's suggestion to Bartley regarding the rope?

(a) To handle the rope with care
(b) To leave the rope hanging by the boards
(c) Not to use that rope
(d) To take another bit of rope

94. Where did Cathleen put the bundle to hide it from Maurya?

(a) In a shelf
(b) In the turf-loft
(c) In a box
(d) Under the table

95. "What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?" -Who says this?

(a) Cathleen
(b) Nora
(c) Maurya
(d) Bartley

96. Who, as mentioned by Nora, are saying that Bartley would go?

(a) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety
(b) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and Colum Shawn
(c) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and Michael
(d) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and the young priest

97. Maurya asks, "Where is he itself?"- Who is 'he'?

(a) Simon
(b) Stephen Pheety
(c) Colum Shawn
(d) Bartley

98. How do common people, like Maurya, judge the weather and the condition of the sea?

(a) Radio forecast
(b) TV news
(c) From the position of the stars and the moon
(d) From the opinion of the experienced people

99. Which fair, according to Bartley, would be a good fair for horses?

(a) Animal fair in Ireland
(b) Galway fair
(c) Irish fair
(d) Horse fair in Aran Islands

100. Who advises Cathleen to get enough weed, if the west wind continues?

(a) Maurya
(b) Nora
(c) Bartley
(d) The young priest

101. Which coat did Bartley put on before going out?

(a) A newer flannel coat
(b) Old coat
(c) Blue coat
(d) Black coat

102. Which pig, according to Bartley, can be sold to a jobber?

(a) The pig with the black feet
(b) The black pig
(c) The white pig
(d) The pig with the white feet

103. Whom does Maurya describe as 'a hard and cruel man'?

(a) The young priest
(b) Bartley
(c) Michael
(d) Eamon

104. What will Bartley ride down on?

(a) Red mule
(b) Gray pony
(c) Red mare
(d) Gray horse

105. What does Bartley say about his return?

(a) Will be returning in two days
(b) Will ha returning in three days
(c) Will be returning in four days
(d) Will be returning in two to four days

106. Who considered Maurya's apprehensive words at the moment of Bartley's departure to be unlucky?

(a) Cathleen
(b) Nora
(c) The young priest
(d) Stephen Pheety

107. Who says, "It's the life of a young man to be going on the sea"?

(a) Maurya
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) Bartley

108. What would be a hard word in Bartley's ear according to Cathleen?

(a) Cathleen's words
(b) Maurya's unlucky words
(c) Nora's silence
(d) The sound of the roaring sea

109. What was Maurya's apprehension immediately after Bartley's departure?

(a) They would not see Bartley again
(b) God would not leave her destitute
(c) Bartley would return alive
(d) Bartley would overcome all troubles

110. What is a jobber?

(a) A person who seeks a job
(b) A person who trains others for a job
(c) A person who acts as an agent in the job market
(d) A person who does odd jobs like purchasing livestock

111. Who says, "And it's destroyed he'll be going till dark night"?

(a) Maurya
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) Bartley

112. Who says, "When the black night is falling I'll have no son left me in the world"?

(a) Nora
(b) Cathleen
(c) The young priest
(d) Maurya

113. Whom did Cathleen send to the spring well?

(a) Bartley
(b) Maurya
(c) Nora
(d) A neighbour

114. Who is referred to as 'the Son of God'?

(a) Michael
(b) Bartley
(c) The young priest
(d) Jesus

115. Who gave Maurya a stick?

(a) Bartley
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) Eamon Simon

116. What did Cathleen roll in a cloth?

(a) Some pieces of bread
(b) A halter
(c) Some medicine
(d) A water pot

117. From where was the stick brought?

(a) Galway fair
(b) Dublin
(c) Connemara
(d) Local market

118. What does the expression "God speed you" mean?

(a) God save you
(b) God spare you
(c) God bless you
(d) God help you

119. How far is Donegal from the rocks beyond?

(a) Five days walk
(b) Six days walk
(c) Seven days walk
(d) Eight days walk

120. Who brought the stick that Cathleen gave to Maurya?

(a) Michael
(b) Bartley
(c) Cathleen
(d) Nora

121. What made it difficult to open the bundle?

(a) Perished string
(b) Black knot
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

122. Cathleen: She's gone now. Throw it down quickly. - What is 'it' here?

(a) A bundle of clothes
(b) A new coat
(c) A bag full of clothes
(d) A shirt made of cotton

123. What is left of the 'great rower and fisher' like Michael?

(a) An old shirt
(b) A plain stocking
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None

124. What did Cathleen ask for to open the bundle?

(a) A nail
(b) A knife
(c) A pencil cutter
(d) A fork

125. Who says, "My heart is broken from this day"?

(a) Michael
(b) Bartley
(c) Cathleen
(d) Maurya

126. Who, according to Nora, was 'a great rower and fisher'?

(a) Her father
(b) Bartley
(c) Michael
(d) Her grandfather

127. What is the fearfullest thing that Maurya has seen?

(a) Bartley riding on the gray mare
(b) Michael riding on the gray pony
(c) Bartley riding behind Michael
(d) Both Bartley and Michael are riding on the red mare

128. What was there in Maurya's hand when she returned?

(a) A towel
(b) Bread
(c) Sandwiches
(d) A halter

129. Who is supposed to have got a clean burial by the grace of God?

(a) Cathleen's father
(b) Maurya's father-in-law
(c) Michael
(d) Shawn

130. Who has seen "the fearfullest thing"?

(a) The young priest
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) Maurya

131. Whom did Maurya see behind Bartley?

(a) Michael on the gray pony
(b) The roaring sea
(c) White foam
(d) Bride Dara

132. Which legend does Maurya refer to in connection with her vision?

(a) Bride Dara
(b) Dogs barking
(c) Owls hooting
(d) A floating man

133. Who was lost during the great wind?

(a) Stephen
(b) Stephen and Shawn
(c) Stephen, Shawn and Patch
(d) Stephen, Shawn, Patch and Michael

134. Who, according to Maurya, knows little of the sea?

(a) The jobber
(b) The knife-seller
(c) Bartley
(d) A person like the young priest

135. Who were lost in the dark night?

(a) Sheamus
(b) Maurya's husband
(c) Sheamus and his father
(d) Stephen and Sheamus

136. What does Colum ask Cathleen after Cathleen asks him and Eamon to build a coffin when the sun comes up?

(a) Are you able to pay?
(b) Have the boards been sanded?
(c) Is the priest coming?
(d) Are there nails with them?

137. How does Bartley die?

(a) He dies from pneumonia
(b) The gray pony knocks him into the sea
(c) The ship sinks, swamped on the way to Connemara
(d) The red pony bucks him into the sea

138. Who does Nora insist Maurya's favourite child was?

(a) Patch
(b) Michael
(c) Shawn
(d) Bartley

139. What does Maurya recount after seeing the fearfullest scene?.

(a) How her husband died
(b) How her father-in-law died
(c) How Michael died
(d) A series of death of the male members of her family

140. Which day is called 'a dry day' by Maurya?

(a) The day when Patch's dead body was brought
(b) The day when Michael died
(c) The day when Bartley died
(d) The day when Maurya lost her husband

141. What are the women doing on entering Maurya's cottage?

(a) Keening softly
(b) Lamenting loudly
(c) Swaying themselves
(d) Keening and swaying

142. Where was Maurya when dead body of Patch was brought?

(a) By the seashore
(b) In her bedroom
(c) In the garden
(d) In the kitchen

143. Whose death has given Maurya freedom from the cruelty of the sea?

(a) Michael
(b) Patch
(c) All the male members of her family
(d) All the female members of her family

144. What is Samhain?

(a) All Soul's Day
(b) Good Friday
(c) Easter Saturday
(d) Doomsday

145. What power of young men does Maurya mention?

(a) Power of swimming
(b) Power of facing challenges
(c) Power of floating round the sea
(d) Power of sailing a boat

146. Who, after the death of Bartley, will have a great rest?

(a) Michael
(b) Maurya
(c) Cathleen
(d) Nora

147. Who says, "They're all gone now, and there isn't anything more the sea can do to me"?

(a) Cathleen
(b) Nora
(c) Maurya
(d) An old woman

148. Who bought fine white boards for the coffin?

(a) Maurya
(b) Cathleen
(c) Nora
(d) Bartley

149. Who, according to Cathleen, would be able to make a coffin?

(a) An old man
(b) Eamon
(c) Colum and Eamon
(d) Eamon and other neighbours

150. When would Maurya go down to get Holy Water?

(a) In the morning after Samhain
(b) In the evening after Samhain
(c) in the dark nights after Samhain
(d) In the night of Samhain

151. How does Maurya lose her sons?

(a) In a war

(b) Due to a plague

(d) In an accident

152. What does Maurya see in her vision that foretells Bartley's death?

(a) A red mare and a grey pony

(b) A sinking ship

(d) A crying child

153. How many sons has Maurya lost to the sea?

(a) Four

(b) Five

(d) Seven

154. What item confirms Michael's death?

(a) A coat

(b) A walking stick

(d) A hat

155. What object is Cathleen kneading at the beginning of the scene?

(a) Dough for cake

(b) Clay for pottery

(d) Bread for selling

156. What does Nora bring into the house under her shawl?

(a) A bundle of food

(b) A fishing net

(d) A letter from Michael

157. Where was the drowned man found?

(a) Donegal

(b) Galway

(d) Cork

158. Why does the young priest say no one should tell Maurya if the clothes are not Michael's?

(a) She might become violent

(b) She will be relieved

(d) She will leave the house

159. What does Cathleen do with the bundle?

(a) Burns it

(b) Hides it in the turf-loft

(d) Throws it into the sea

160. What does Maurya assume about Bartley's journey?

(a) He will return soon

(b) He will be safe

(d) He will make a fortune

161. What item does Bartley ask for before leaving?

(a) A fishing net

(b) A piece of rope

(d) A boat

162. Why does Maurya tell Bartley to leave the rope?

(a) She wants to use it later

(b) She believes it will be needed for Michael's burial

(d) She wants to fix the roof with it

163. Who predicts Bartley's death?

(a) Cathleen

(b) Nora

(d) Maurya

164. Why does Bartley leave despite the warnings?

(a) He needs to sell horses at the fair

(b) He wants to prove his bravery

(d) He is angry at his mother

165. What does Maurya say about the young priest?

(a) He is wise and kind

(b) He is Iying about Michael

(d) He should bless the house

166. What is Bartley's mood when he enters?

(a) Cheerful

(b) Determined but sad

(d) Fearful

167. What does Maurya ultimately accept at the end of the play?

(a) That Bartley will return

(b) That she is destined to lose all her sons

(d) That the priest was right

168. What does Cathleen do when Bartley asks for the rope?

(a) Gives it to him immediately

(b) Tries to stop him from taking it

(d) Hides it from him

169. What is the primary conflict in "Riders to the Sea"?

(a) Man vs. Nature

(b) Man vs. Society

(d) Man vs. Technology

170. How does the play portray the power of fate?

(a) By showing how Maurya's predictions come true

(b) By suggesting that humans can control their future

(d) By proving that prayers always work

171. What does Maurya do after Bartley leaves?

(a) Prepares food for his journey

(b) Runs after him to stop him

(d) Starts crying immediately

172. What does the presence of the spinning wheel symbolize?

(a) The passage of time and women's traditional role

(b) The strength of the sea

(d) A connection to Michael

173. What do the "new boards" in the house foreshadow?

(a) A new boat being built

(b) A coffin for Bartley

(d) A new table

174. Why does the young priest give the clothes to Nora and Cathleen?

(a) To confirm Michael's death

(b) To keep them as souvenirs

(d) To burn them

175. What does the play emphasize about human life?

(a) The struggle against uncontrollable

(b) The power of money

(d) The importance of education

176. What is Bartley's ultimate fate in the play?

(a) He successfully sells the horses and returns

(b) He drowns in the sea

(d) He is saved by fishermen

177. What does Maurya say after she realizes Bartley is dead?

(a) "God has left me alone."

(b) "The sea has taken all."

(d) "I will never forgive the sea."

178. What role does the priest play in the story?

(a) He brings news and offers spiritual comfort

(b) He warns Bartley to stay at home

(d) He forbids the women from opening the bundle

179. What do the white horse and grey pony symbolize in Maurya's vision?

(a) The arrival of good news

(b) The spirits of the dead guiding Bartley

(d) The bad weather approaching

180. How does Maurya react when she sees Bartley leaving?

(a) She remains silent and watches

(b) She tries to bless him but is unable to speak

(d) She chases after him to stop him

181. What does Maurya do after Bartley's body is brought in?

(a) She screams in grief

(b) She calmly accepts her fate

(d) She runs to the sea

182. What does Maurya see as a bad omen before Bartley leaves?

(a) A raven sitting on the roof

(b) A storm forming in the distance

(d) A broken mirror in the house

183. What does Maurya give to Bartley as he leaves?

(a) A coin for his journey

(b) A prayer and a blessing

(d) A new coat

184. Why does Maurya initially refuse to give Bartley her blessing?

(a) She is angry with him

(b) She believes he is going to his death

(d) She is too weak to speak

185. What is Bartley's last words before leaving?

(a) "I'll be back soon."

(b) "God bless you all."

(d) "Wait for me at the shore."

186. Why does Cathleen send Maurya to give Bartley the bread?

(a) To break the bad omen

(b) To make sure he has food for the journey

(d) To remind him to buy supplies

187. What does Bartley ride to the pier?

(a) A white horse

(b) A black mare

(d) A donkey

188. What animal follows Bartley as he leaves?

(a) A grey pony

(b) A white dog

(d) A brown horse

189. Why does Maurya hesitate to go to the pier?

(a) She is afraid of the sea

(b) She feels too weak to walk

(d) She doesn't want to say goodbye

190. What does Maurya take to support herself while walking?

(a) A walking stick

(b) A piece of rope

(d) A small stone

191. What is Maurya's greatest fear?

(a) Losing Bartley to the sea

(b) Running out of food

(d) The priest refusing to help

192. What does Maurya compare the loss of her sons to?

(a) A storm destroying a house

(b) A tree losing its leaves

(d) A mother bird losing her chicks

193. What represents death in the play?

(a) The colour white

(b) The sound of the waves

(d) The strong wind

194. Why does Maurya believe Bartley will not return?

(a) She had a vision of his death

(b) The priest told her so

(d) He promised never to come back

195. What happens immediately after Bartley leaves?

(a) The wind gets stronger

(b) Maurya collapses

The cake burns

The priest arrives

196. Why is Maurya unable to stop Bartley from leaving?

(a) He refuses to listen

(b) She is too sick to move

(d) The other villagers convince him to leave

197. How does the sea function symbolically in the play?

(a) It is a barrier to the outside world

(b) It symbolizes happiness and joy

(d) It represents death and fate

198. What is Maurya's emotional state throughout the play?

(a) Hopeful

(b) Fearful and sorrowful

(d) Indifferent

199. What is the role of women in the play?

(a) They manage the household and grieve for lost men

(b) They go fishing with the men

(d) They make important village decisions

200. What does the play emphasize the most?

(a) The power of money

(b) The inevitability of fate

(d) The strength of youth

201. What lesson does the play teach about fate?

(a) Hard work can change destiny

(b) Fate is unavoidable and humans are powerless

(d) Luck is more important than effort

202. What message does the play convey about life on the island?

(a) It is peaceful and safe

(b) It is full of hardships and loss

(d) It is isolated but happy

203. What does Maurya believe about the sea?

(a) It takes more than it gives

(b) It is a source of life and prosperity

(d) It is under human control

204. Why does Maurya mention the boards she bought?

(a) She plans to build a table

(b) She wants to sell them for money

(d) She wants to make a new door

205. Why does Maurya refuse to look at Bartley as he leaves?

(a) She is angry with him

(b) She believes it is the last time she will see him

(d) She is praying for his safe return

206. What event is Bartley preparing for?

(a) A marriage ceremony

(b) A fishing expedition

(d) A church gathering

207. What does Cathleen criticize Maurya for?

(a) Not blessing Bartley before he left

(b) Refusing to cook dinner

(d) Ignoring the priest's advice

208. What does Bartley ask Cathleen to do while he is gone?

(a) Watch for a storm

(b) Prepare a feast for his return

(d) Take care of the sheep and the pig

209. What does Maurya compare her suffering to?

(a) A lost ship at sea

(b) A mother losing all her sons

(d) A graveyard full of the dead

210. What task does Cathleen tell Nora to do?

(a) Find a stick for Maurya

(b) Fetch water from the well

(d) Watch the sea for Bartley's return

211. How does Maurya react after Bartley leaves?

(a) She starts preparing dinner

(b) She sits quietly and prays

(d) She runs after him

212. What does Cathleen say about old women?

(a) They should listen to the younger generation

(b) They should not interfere in men's affairs

(d) They are wise and respected

213. What is Maurya doing while Cathleen bakes the bread?

(a) Sweeping the floor

(b) Raking the fire aimlessly

(d) Praying for Bartley

214. What does Cathleen realize after Bartley leaves?

(a) They forgot to give him money

(b) They forgot to give him his bit of bread

(d) They forgot to tie the pig

215. Why is it important for Maurya to give Bartley the bread?

(a) To break the bad omen and give him a blessing

(b) To make sure he does not go hungry

(d) To remind him of home

216. What natural element makes the sea more dangerous?

(a) A strong west wind

(b) Heavy fog

(d) Lightning storms

217. What does Maurya predict about her future?

(a) She will remarry

(b) She will move to the city

(d) She will never speak again

218. What is the significance of the cake Cathleen is baking?

(a) It represents daily life continuing despite tragedy

(b) It is a traditional offering to the sea

(d) It is meant for the priest

219. What does Maurya say about old people in the big world?

(a) They are forgotten by society

(b) They take everything with them

(d) They leave things behind for their children

220. What does Maurya say happens in their place instead?

(a) The young leave things behind for the old

(b) The old keep everything for themselves

(d) The young take everything from the old

221. What does Cathleen suspect Maurya might do?

(a) Return quickly because she is too sad

(b) Leave the house and never return

(d) Talk to the priest for help

222. What does Nora check when Maurya leaves?

(a) If she has really gone

(b) If she has taken money with her

(d) If she has spoken to Bartley

223. Why does Cathleen ask Nora to hurry?

(a) She needs to leave for Galway

(b) She is afraid of the storm

(d) She wants to see the bundle before Maurya returns

224. How was the body in the sea found?

(a) It washed up on the shore

(b) A fisherman saw it floating

(d) A boat captain reported it

225. Where was the body found?

(a) Near the black cliffs of the north

(b) On the shores of Donegal

(d) Near Bartley's boat

226. Why does Cathleen need a knife to open the bundle?

(a) She is in a hurry

(b) The bundle is tied too tightly

(d) The string is damaged by salt water

227. Why does Cathleen mention Donegal?

(a) The body might have floated there

(b) It is where Michael was last seen

(d) A sailor from Donegal brought news

228. How does Nora confirm the stocking belongs to Michael?

(a) By checking the colour

(b) By counting the stitches

(d) By looking at the initials

229. What does Cathleen say when she realizes it is Michael's?

(a) "God spare us, Nora!"

(b) "We must tell Maurya now!"

(d) "Michael is alive!"

230. What does Nora say is pitiful about Michael's fate?

(b) He died so young

(a) Only a stocking remains of him

(d) He was never found properly

231. What does Cathleen imagine keening for Michael?

(a) The lost spirits of sailors

(b) The waves of the ocean

(d) The wind in the cliffs

232. Why do the sisters hide the bundle?

(a) They want to keep it as a memory

(b) They are afraid of the priest

(d) They do not want to upset Maurya before Bartley leaves

233. Where do they hide the bundle?

(a) In the chimney corner

(b) Under the table

In a wooden box

under the bed

234. What does Cathleen return to doing after hiding the bundle?

(a) Mending clothes

(b) Cooking food

(d) Spinning at the wheel

235. What does Nora worry about when Maurya returns?

(a) If she will notice they have been crying

(b) If she brought Bartley back

(d) If she spoke to the priest

236. What does Cathleen tell Nora to do to hide her tears?

(a) Cover her face with a shawl

(b) Wipe her face with a cloth

(d) Sit far from the fire

237. What does Maurya still hold in her hand when she returns?

(a) A letter from the priest

(b) The cloth with the bread

(d) A handful of seaweed

238. What does Cathleen ask Maurya when she sits down?

(a) If she gave Bartley his bread

(b) If she spoke to the priest

(d) If she found Bartley's horse

239. How does Maurya respond to Cathleen's question?

(a) She tells them to stop asking

(b) She nods in silence

(d) She starts keening softly

240. What does Maurya's keening indicate?

(a) Her deep sorrow and loss

(b) Her anger at Bartley

Her belief that Bartley will return

Her frustration with Cathleen and Nora

241. What does Nora do while Maurya keens?

(a) Comforts Cathleen

(b) Sits silently with her back to the door

(d) Leaves the house

242. Why do the sisters keep quiet when Maurya returns?

(a) They want to see if she knows about Michael

(b) They are afraid of her anger

(d) They are thinking of what to say

243. What emotion dominates the scene as Maurya returns?

(a) Deep sorrow and tension

(b) Anger and frustration

(d) Surprise and confusion

244. Why is the moment of Maurya's return significant?

(a) It leads to a happy ending

(b) It signals Bartley's return

(d) It marks the beginning of her realization of loss

245. Why does Cathleen spin at the wheel after hiding the bundle?

(a) To distract herself from grief and so that their mother doesn't suspect anything

(b) To prepare wool for Bartley

(d) To keep herself warm

246. Why does Maurya not look at the girls when she enters?

(a) She is too tired to speak

(b) She is angry with them

(d) She is searching for Bartley

247. What does Nora fear most when Maurya enters?

(a) That she will refuse to eat

(b) That she will fall sick from grief

(d) That she will go looking for Bartley

248. Why does Cathleen tell Nora to keep her back to the door?

(a) So Maurya won't see her tears in the light

(b) So Maurya won't ask her questions

(d) So she can leave unnoticed

249. What does Maurya's keening symbolize?

(a) Her hope that Bartley will return

(b) A curse on the sea

(d) The deep sorrow of losing her sons

250. Why do the girls hide the truth from Maurya at that moment?

(a) To avoid getting scolded by her

(b) To make her believe Michael is still alive

(d) To delay telling the priest

251. Why does Maurya still hold the bread in hand

(a) She was unable to give it to Bartley

(b) She forgot to eat it herself

(d) She wanted to give it to Michael's spirit

252. What does Cathleen's question about the bread suggest?

(a) She wants to test Maurya's memory

(b) She wants to take it back for herself

(d) She hopes Bartley has eaten before leaving

253. How does Maurya's silence affect the mood of the scene?

(a) It brings relief to the house

(b) It makes the sisters hopeful

(d) It creates confusion and misunderstanding

254. What does this passage mainly portray?

(a) The overwhelming grief of loss

(b) The joy of reunion

(d) The strength of the young generation

255. Why does Cathleen insist that Maurya tell them what she saw?

(a) To warn Bartley

(b) To comfort her mother

(d) To understand her vision

256. What does Maurya see following Bartley?

(a) Michael on the gray pony

(b) A ghostly figure

(d) A group of fishermen

257. How does Cathleen react to Maurya's vision?

(a) She dismisses it as an illusion

(b) She believes it as a bad omen

(d) She prays for Bartley's safety

258. What is the significance of Michael wearing fine clothes and new shoes?

(a) It symbolizes his burial and passage to the afterlife

(b) It means he is alive and well

(d) It indicates his wealth

259. What does Maurya predict after seeing Michael?

(a) The sea will calm down

(b) Michael will return home

(d) Bartley will be lost at sea

260. What does Maurya request the girls to do?

(a) Pray for Michael's soul

(b) Find Bartley immediately

(d) Fetch the priest

261. What happened to Stephen and Shawn?

(a) They drowned in a great wind

(b) They moved to another country

(d) They were lost in the mountains

262. Where were Stephen and Shawn found?

(a) Near their home

(b) In the Bay of Gregory of the Golden Mouth

(d) On a deserted island

263. What does the half-open door symbolize?

(a) The return of Michael

(b) A warning of an incoming storm

(d) The uncertainty of life and death

264. What do the women wear when they enter the house?

(a) Black cloaks

(b) Red petticoats over their heads

(d) Fishermen's coats

265. What does Maurya say about young men floating in the sea?

(a) It is difficult to identify a body after nine days

(b) They always return home

(d) They never truly die

266. Why does Maurya question whether Michael was truly found?

(a) Because she thinks it was Bartley instead

(b) Because she believes Michael is still alive

(d) Because she doubts the priest's words

267. What item does Cathleen hand to Maurya?

(a) Michael's clothes

(b) Bartley's coat

(d) A prayer book

268. Why does Maurya believe she won't live much longer?

(a) She has fallen sick

(b) She is too old to work

(d) She has lost all her sons

269. What does the priest tell the family about God?

(a) He will make Bartley a rich man

(b) He will bring Michael back

(d) He will calm the sea

270. What does Maurya recall seeing when she lost her other sons?

(a) Men carrying bodies wrapped in a red sail

(b) A vision of angels

(d) A strong storm at night

271. Why do the women cross themselves when they enter?

(a) To show respect for the dead

(b) To ward off bad luck

(d) To bless Bartley's journey

272. What is the overall mood of this passage>

(a) Fear and anger

(b) Joy and celebration

(d) Hope for the future

273. Why does Nora whisper to Cathleen about a noise outside?

(a) She believes it is Michael's spirit

(b) She wants to scare her sister

(d) She thinks something bad has happened

274. How does Cathleen respond to Nora's whisper?

(a) She listens carefully

(b) She ignores her

(d) She tells Maurya to stop talking

275. What does Maurya mean when she says "It's little the like of him knows of the sea"?

(a) The sea is unpredictable

(b) Bartley is a bad fisherman

(d) The priest doesn't understand the sea's dangers he sea

276. What does the arrival of old women suggest?

(a) Bad news about Bartley

(b) The return of Michael

(d) A storm coming

277. How does Cathleen react to Maurya's vision of Michael?

(a) She ignores her mother

(b) She laughs it off

(d) She calls for the priest

278. Why does Maurya find it difficult to speak when she sees Bartley?

(a) She fainted

(b) She is choked with fear

(d) She wants to test him

279. What element of folklore is present in Maurya's vision?

(a) Seeing the dead as an omen

(b) A magical sea creature

(d) A priest's supernatural powers

280. What do Maurya's repeated losses symbolize?

(a) The safety of the sea

(b) The success of fishermen

(d) The strength of youth

281. Why does Maurya recall past losses in detail?

(a) To show the pain she has endured

(b) To entertain the others

(d) To confuse the priest

282. What does Maurya say when she realizes Bartley will be lost?

(a) "God will protect him."

(b) "I will not live after them."

(d) "We must wait for his return."

283. What does Maurya recall about the deaths of her husband and sons?

(a) The priest had warned them

(b) They all died together in a storm

(d) Some were lost and some were found

284. What does the sea symbolize in the play?

(a) Life and death

(b) A pathway to heaven

(d) A source of happiness

285. How does Cathleen react when Maurya speaks of Michael's vision?

(a) She prays for Bartley

(b) She scolds her mother

(d) She refuses to listen

286. Why does Maurya feel powerless?

(a) The storm is too strong

(b) She is unable to stop Bartley

(d) She has lost all her sons to the sea

287. Why does Cathleen say "It's destroyed we are from this day"?

(a) She realizes Bartley is doomed

(b) She lost all their money

(d) She hears Michael's voice

288. What is Maurya's final acceptance in the play?

(a) She cannot fight fate

(b) She must leave the island

(d) She will take revenge on the sea

289. Which element of literature is prominent in the play?

(a) Satire

(b) Tragic irony

(d) Romance

290. What is the significance of the wind blowing the door open when Nora half-closes it?

(a) It represents bad weather

(b) Telegram endows Bartley's fate

(d) It means someone is coming

291. What does Maurya do when she sees the white boards?

(a) She accepts Bartley's death

(b) She refuses to believe he is dead

(d) She asks the priest to bless them

292. Why does Maurya say that the priest knows little of the sea?

(a) Because he does not understand its dangers

(b) Because he never worked as a fisherman

(d) Because he is new to the village

293. What literary device is used when Maurya sees Michael on the gray pony?

(a) Foreshadowing

(b) Metaphor

(d) Simile

294. Why does Maurya mention the red sail?

(a) It is a sign of hope

(b) It symbolizes the sea's danger

(d) It was used to carry a dead body

295. What does the presence of the old women kneeling symbolize?

(a) The village's respect for Maurya

(b) A prayer for safe return

(d) A sign of celebration

296. What role does the gray pony play in the story?

(a) It symbolizes death

(b) It is a gift from Michael

(d) It shows Michael's wealth

297. What are the men carrying when they arrive?

(a) A coffin for Michael

(b) A fishing net

(d) A bundle of Michael's clothes

298. What does Nora notice about the object being carried?

(a) It is covered in seaweed

(b) It is dripping water

(d) It smells of fish

299. How does Cathleen confirm Bartley's fate?

(a) She checks his pulse

(b) She asks the women who entered

(d) She listens for his breathing

300. How did Bartley die?

(a) He was lost at sea in a storm

(b) He fell from a boat

(d) He was attacked by a sea creature

301. Where was Bartley's body found?

(a) Near the village well

(b) Floating in the open sea

(d) Inside a fisherman's hut

302. What is the reaction of the women in the house?

(a) They begin keening softly

(b) They run away in fear

(d) They call for the priest

303. Where does Maurya kneel after Bartley's body is brought in?

(a) By the fireplace

(b) At the head of the table

(d) Beside the dresser

304. What does Maurya say about the sea?

(a) It is calm and peaceful

(b) It has taken all her sons

(d) It will soon return Michael

305. What does Maurya ask Nora to give her?

(a) A candle

(b) The Holy Water

(d) A wooden cross

306. What does Maurya do with Michael's clothes?

(a) She places them across Bartley's feet

(b) She burns them

(d) She washes them in the sea

307. Why does Maurya say she will now have great rest?

(a) She has found peace in prayer

(b) She is moving to another village

(d) She will no longer worry about the sea

308. What does Maurya say about her prayers for Bartley?

(a) She never prayed for him

(b) She prayed day and night

(d) She did not believe in prayers

309. What does Cathleen ask an old man to do?

(a) Bring a priest

(b) Dig a grave in the morning

(d) Call the neighbours for mourning

310. What kind of boards does Cathleen say they have for the coffin?

(a) Rough wooden boards

(b) Old and broken boards

(d) Boards taken from a boat

311. What did Maurya forget to buy for the coffin?

(a) Nails

(b) A shroud

(d) A rope

312. Why is it surprising that Maurya forgot the nails?

(a) She always remembers everything

(b) She has seen many coffins being made

(d) She was not paying attention

313. Why does Cathleen say Maurya is becoming forgetful?

(a) She is old and broken

(b) She is always busy with prayers

(d) She does not care anymore

314. What does Maurya do before kneeling again?

(a) She sprinkles the last of the Holy Water

(b) She covers Bartley's face

(d) She lights a candle

315. What does Nora whisper to Cathleen about Maurya?

(a) She is crying too much

(b) She is calmer than when Michael drowned

(d) She is calling for Bartley

316. What does Cathleen say about Maurya's sorrow?

(a) It has made her stronger

(b) it's not real

(d) It is a sign of weakness

317. What does Maurya do at the end of the scene?

(a) She blesses Bartley and her dead sons

(b) She leaves the house

(d) She stops talking completely

318. What does Maurya place on the table at the end?

(a) A candle

(b) A cup turned upside down

(d) A piece of Bartley's clothing

319. What was told to Maurya about Michael's burial?

(a) He has a clean burial in the north

(b) He will never be found

(d) She will go looking for him

320. How does Maurya describe Bartley's burial?

(a) The priest will decide how he is buried

(b) He will be buried at sea

(d) He will have a fine coffin and a deep grave

321. What does Maurya say people cannot do?

(a) Escape fate and death

(b) Leave the island forever

(d) Depend on the priest

322. What do the women do after Maurya finishes speaking?

(a) They stop mourning completely

(b) They leave the house

(d) They pray in silence

323. How does the scene end?

(a) Maurya kneels as the curtain falls

(b) The priest arrives with news

(d) The men take Bartley's body away

324. What is the overall theme of the passage?

(a) The power of fate and human helplessness

(b) The happiness of village life

(d) The dangers of working in the city

Which theme is central to "Riders to the Sea"?

(a) Comedy and laughter
(b) Political conflict
(c) Fate and human suffering
(d) Romance and adventure

325. What inspired Synge to write "Riders to the Sea"?

(a) A mythological tale
(b) A real-life incident in Inishmaan
(c) A Shakespearean tragedy
(d) A Celtic legend

ANSWERS :

(b) 1903
(a) 1903
(a) J M Synge
(b) William Butler Yeats
(d) Irish
(b) tragedy
(b) one of the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland or (b) Desolate cottage on the Aran Islands or (b) An island off the west coast of Ireland
(d) Authentic Irish dialect
(c) 1
(a) The power of fate
(c) The Irish Literary Revival
(b) They are symbols of wisdom and suffering
(c) Sea
(a) The grey pony
(c) Tragic and solemn
(b) No one can escape fate
(d) Sorrow
(c) It represents the eternal struggle between man and nature
(c) Kneading cake
(b) The bundle of clothes
(d) The young priest
(b) young
(a) drowning
(c) Lying down
(b) Bartley
(d) The young priest
(a) stubborn
(d) The young priest
(c) Seeing about the ship
(a) Benevolent
(c) Rope
(c) A pig
(a) The coffin
(d) Michael
(a) She is adamantly against it
(b) The cattle market in Galway
(a) A bundle of clothing
(c) Maurya, Bartley, Cathleen, Nora
(c) Suffering
(d) He drowns
(d) Christianity
(b) To make a horse halter
(b) Drama
(b) Live forever
(b) Bread wrapped in cloth
(a) Bartley
(d) Seven
(d) Seven
(a) Many people wear similar stockings
(b) Four
(d) Sheamus
(b) Red
(b) Nora
(*) Three
(c) Spinning wheels
(c) Red
(c) Eight
(b) Fresh baked cake
(a) A great rower and fisher
(a) Michael
(d) I seen the fearfulest thing
(c) A shirt and a plain stocking
(b) Convince Bartley to stay home
(c) Hide it from their mother and try to verify if the clothes belong to their late brother
(a)To travel across the sea to the market; he is the last living man to support his mother and sisters
(c) Galway fair
(b) A bundle of clothes
(a) New Boards
(a) About 20 years old
(d) Preparing a cake by kneading and putting it on pot-oven
(b) Nora
(b) A drowned man
(d) Nora
(c) Cathleen
(b) New boards
(b) The preparation of a cake
(c) Cathleen and Nora
(c) Maurya's kitchen
(d) Bartley
(a) A drowned man in Donegal
(a) If it was Michael's
(c) Northernmost county of Ireland
(a) Middling bad
(b) Michael
(a) Maurya
(c) Spinning-wheels, nets, oil skins and new boards
(d) The young priest
(d) Maurya
(a) In the Western district of Galway
(a) Hanging on a nail
(c) If Michael is washed up
(d) Heard someone passing the big stone
(b) To leave the rope hanging by the boards
(b) In the turf-loft
(c) Maurya
(b) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and Colum Shawn
(d) Bartley
(c) From the position of the stars and the moon
(b) Galway fair
(c) Bartley
(a) A newer flannel coat
(a) The pig with the black feet
(b) Bartley
(c) Red mare
(d) Will be returning in two to four days
(a) Cathleen
(b) Cathleen
(b) Maurya's unlucky words
(a) They would not see Bartley again
(d) A person who does odd jobs like purchasing livestock
(c) Nora
(d) Maurya
(b) Maurya
(d) Jesus
(c) Nora
(a) Some pieces of bread
(c) Connemara
(a) God save you
(c) Seven days walk
(a) Michael
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(a) A bundle of clothes
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(b) A knife
(d) Maurya
(c) Michael
(b) Michael riding on the gray pony
(b) Bread
(c) Michael
(d) Maurya
(a) Michael on the gray pony
(a) Bride Dara
(b) Stephen and Shawn
(d) A person like the young priest
(c) Sheamus and his father
(d) Are there nails with them?
(b) The gray pony knocks him into the sea
(d) Bartley
(d) A series of death of the male members of her family
(a) The day when Patch's dead body was brought
(d) Keening and swaying
(d) In the kitchen
(c) All the male members of her family
(a) All Soul's Day
(c) Power of floating round the sea
(b) Maurya
(c) Maurya
(a) Maurya
(c) Colum and Eamon
(c) In the dark nights after Samhain
(c) To the sea
(a) A red mare and a grey pony
(c) Six
(c) A pair of stockings
(a) Dough for cake
(c) A shirt and stocking from a drowned man
(a) Donegal
(c) She will die from grief
(b) Hides it in the turf-loft
(c) The priest will stop him
(b) A piece of rope
(b) She believes it will be needed for Michael's burial
(d) Maurya
(a) He needs to sell horses at the fair
(c) He does not know about sea
(b) Determined but sad
(b) That she is destined to lose all her sons
(c) Asks Nora to find it
(a) Man vs. Nature
(a) By showing how Maurya's predictions come true
(c) Prays for his safety
(a) The passage of time and women's traditional role
(b) A coffin for Bartley
(a) To confirm Michael's death
(a) The struggle against uncontrollable forces
(b) He drowns in the sea
(c) "They're all gone now, and there isn't anything more the sea can do to me."
(a) He brings news and offers spiritual comfort
(b) The spirits of the dead guiding Bartley
(b) She tries to bless him but is unable to speak
(b) She calmly accepts her fate
(c) A star against the moon
(c) A piece of bread
(b) She believes he is going to his death
(c) "The blessing of God on you."
(a) To break the bad omen
(c) A red mare
(a) A grey pony
(b) She feels too weak to walk
(a) A walking stick
(a) Losing Bartley to the sea
(b) A tree losing its leaves
(c) The grey pony
(a) She had a vision of his death
(a) The wind gets stronger
(a) He refuses to listen
(d) It represents death and fate
(b) Fearful and sorrowful
(a) They manage the household and grieve for lost men
(b) The inevitability of fate
(b) Fate is unavoidable and humans are powerless
(b) It is full of hardships and loss
(a) It takes more than it gives
(c) She fears they will be used for Bartley's coffin
(b) She believes it is the last time she will see him
(c) A horse fair
(a) Not blessing Bartley before he left
(d) Take care of the sheep and the pig
(b) A mother losing all her sons
(a) Find a stick for Maurya
(c) She cries out that she will never see him again
(c) They repeat the same words over and over
(b) Raking the fire aimlessly
(b) They forgot to give him his bit of bread
(a) To break the bad omen and give him a blessing
(a) A strong west wind
(c) She will see no son left alive
(a) It represents daily life continuing despite tragedy
(d) They leave things behind for their children
(b) The old keep everything for themselves
(a) Return quickly because she is too sad
(a) If she has really gone
(d) She wants to see the bundle before Maurya returns
(c) Two men rowing at dawn caught it with an oar
(a) Near the black cliffs of the north
(d) The string is damaged by salt water
(a) The body might have floated there
(b) By counting the stitches
(a) "God spare us, Nora!"
(a) Only a stocking remains of him
(c) The black hags on the sea
(d) They do not want to upset Maurya before Bartley leaves
(a) In the chimney corner
(d) Spinning at the wheel
(a) If she will notice they have been crying
(c) Keep her back to the door
(b) The cloth with the bread
(a) If she gave Bartley his bread
(d) She starts keening softly
(a) Her deep sorrow and loss
(b) Sits silently with her back to the door
(c) They do not want to add to her sorrow
(a) Deep sorrow and tension
(d) It marks the beginning of her realization of loss
(a) To distract herself from grief and so that their mother doesn't suspect anything
(c) She is lost in sorrow
(c) That she will realize they have been crying
(a) So Maurya won't see her tears in the light
(d) The deep sorrow of losing her sons
(c) To prevent her from breaking down while Bartley is at sea
(a) She was unable to give it to Bartley
(d) She hopes Bartley has eaten before leaving
(c) It deepens the sadness and tension
(a) The overwhelming grief of loss
(d) To understand her vision
(a) Michael on the gray pony
(b) She believes it as a bad omen
(a) It symbolizes his burial and passage to the afterlife
(d) Bartley will be lost at sea
(a) Pray for Michael's soul
(a) They drowned in a great wind
(b) In the Bay of Gregory of the Golden Mouth
(d) The uncertainty of life and death
(b) Red petticoats over their heads
(a) It is difficult to identify a body after nine days
(c) Because bodies change after floating in the sea
(a) Michael's clothes
(d) She has lost all her sons
(c) He wouldn't leave Maurya with no son living
(a) Men carrying bodies wrapped in a red sail
(a) To show respect for the dead
(c) Deep sorrow and resignation
(d) She thinks something bad has happened
(a) She listens carefully
(d) The priest doesn't understand the sea's dangers he sea
(a) Bad news about Bartley
(c) She is horrified and begins to keen
(b) She is choked with fear
(a) Seeing the dead as an omen
(c) The power of nature over human life
(a) To show the pain she has endured
(b) "I will not live after them."
(d) Some were lost and some were found
(a) Life and death
(c) She starts keening
(d) She has lost all her sons to the sea
(a) She realizes Bartley is doomed
(a) She cannot fight fate
(b) Tragic irony
(b) It foreshadows Bartley's fate
(a) She accepts Bartley's death
(c) Because he told them Bartley would be safe
(a) Foreshadowing
(d) It was used to carry a dead body
(c) Mourning and loss
(a) It symbolizes death
(c) Bartley's body on a plank
(b) It is dripping water
(b) She asks the women who entered
(c) The gray pony knocked him into the sea
(c) On the white rocks
(a) They begin keening softly
(b) At the head of the table
(b) It has taken all her sons
(b) The Holy Water
(a) She places them across Bartley's feet
(d) She will no longer worry about the sea
(b) She prayed day and night
(c) Make a coffin for Bartley
(c) Fine white boards
(a) Nails
(b) She has seen many coffins being made
(a) She is old and broken
(a) She sprinkles the last of the Holy Water
(b) She is calmer than when Michael drowned
(c) It has tired her after nine days of grieving
(a) She blesses Bartley and her dead sons
(b) A cup turned upside down
(a) He has a clean burial in the north
(d) He will have a fine coffin and a deep grave
(a) Escape fate and death
(c) They keen louder and then lower their voices
(a) Maurya kneels as the curtain falls
(a) The power of fate and human helplessness or (c) Fate and human suffering
(b) A real-life incident in Inishmaan

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