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WorksheetsTheme in "Master Harold"...and the boys
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
What theme does the following quote best express?
HALLY: Order him to get back into bed at once! If he's going to behave like a child, treat him like one.
HALLY: Order him to get back into bed at once! If he's going to behave like a child, treat him like one.
a)
Race
b)
Violence
c)
Coming of age
d)
Education
2.
Which of the following quotes best expresses the theme of race?
a)
HALLY: They bloody well deserve what they get.
b)
HALLY: Life is just a plain bloody mess, that's all. And people are fools.
c)
HALLY: My mom says that when you're finished with the floors you must do the windows.
d)
HALLY: Don't misunderstand me, chaps.
3.
Which of the following quotes from page 22 best expresses the theme of coming of age?
a)
HALLY: Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined.
b)
HALLY: If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.
c)
HALLY: I'm not in the mood for games this afternoon.
d)
HALLY: Please, Sam! Just leave me alone and let me get on with it.
4.
Which theme does the following quote best express?
HALLY: How am I supposed to concentrate with the two of you behaving like bloody children?
HALLY: How am I supposed to concentrate with the two of you behaving like bloody children?
a)
Coming of age
b)
Violence
c)
Race
d)
Education
5.
Which theme does the following quote best express?
HALLY: But what really makes me bitter is that I allow you chaps a little freedom in here when business is bad and what do you do with it?
HALLY: But what really makes me bitter is that I allow you chaps a little freedom in here when business is bad and what do you do with it?
a)
Education
b)
Coming of age
c)
Violence
d)
Race
6.
Which of the following quotes from page 36 best represents the theme of coming of age?
a)
SAM: If you really want to know, that's why I made you that kite. I wanted you to look up, be proud of something, of yourself
b)
SAM: You hadn't done anything wrong, but you went around as if you owed the world an apology for being alive. I didn't like seeing that! That's not the way a boy grows up to be a man!
c)
SAM: Then I loaded him up on my back like a baby and carried him back to the boarding house with you following behind carrying his crutches.
d)
SAM: But he's your father. You love him and you're ashamed of him.
7.
Which theme does the following quote best express?
SAM: Hally…I've got no right to tell you what being a man means if I don't behave like one myself, and I'm not doing so well at that this afternoon.
SAM: Hally…I've got no right to tell you what being a man means if I don't behave like one myself, and I'm not doing so well at that this afternoon.
a)
Education
b)
Race
c)
Violence
d)
Coming of age
8.
Which of the following quotes from page 33 best expresses the theme of race?
a)
HALLY: Just get on with your bloody work and shut up.
b)
HALLY: It's your turn to be careful, Sam. Very careful!
c)
HALLY: You're only a servant in here, and don't forget it.
d)
HALLY: Well, this time you've gone too far.
9.
Which of the following quotes from page 36 expresses both themes in the play?
a)
SAM: It was a "Whites Only" bench. You were too young, too excited to notice then. But not anymore.
b)
SAM: Long trousers now, but he's still little boy.
c)
SAM: It would have been so simple if you could have just despised him for being a weak man.
d)
SAM: Then I loaded him onto my back like a baby and carried him back to the boarding house.
10.
How does Hally's character change to Master Harold reflect the theme in the play?
a)
It shows how his friendship with Willie and Sam has helped him grow up.
b)
It shows how despite the way Sam and Willie have cared for him, he can't escape the attitudes towards race present in his culture.
c)
It shows how he doesn't feel loved by his father.
d)
It shows how Hally feels that he has to preserve his status of being superior to Willie and Sam.
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