Why might the Duke and Countess of Sutherland be regarded as ‘old money’?
Much of their wealth and land ownership is due to familial inheritance
They were over 60 when they secured their wealth
They use an old currency to purchase things
What does the play invite us to conclude?
That wealthy landowners have had a positive – rather than a corrosive – effect on the Highlands
That wealthy landowners have had a corrosive – rather than a positive – effect on the Highlands
That wealthy landowners have had minimal impact on the highlands
What is much of Lord Crask’s money tied up in?
Lamb, canals and airports
Beef, shipping and docks
Poultry, chemicals and motorways
According to the final readings of the play, who will benefit from oil if it is developed in the capitalist way?
the capitalist way
Everyone
Multi-national corporations and local speculators
The less well-off
What does the political invective at the end of the play urge the audience to do?
Do nothing and maintain the status quo
Speak out against capitalism and seek change in the status quo
Support capitalism by selling their property to investors at a reduced rate
In the nineteenth century, continued industrialisation meant that a wholescale change in traditional farming methods was what?
Unlikely
Possible
Inevitable
Which of these characters present themselves as progressive types whose duty it is to educate the uncivilised Highland folk?
uncivilised
Andy McChuckemup and Patrick Sellar
The Crofter and his Wife
Texas Jim and Sturdy Highlander
Highland women are presented as active in their resistance to the Clearances. How are Highland men generally portrayed?
As diligent, thoughtful and compassionate
As idle, inert and procrastinating
As terrified, weeping and wailing
The Minister metaphorically compares the women to sheep who have gone astray, who have wandered from the paths of righteousness. What does he mean by this?
sheep who have gone astray, who have wandered from the paths of righteousness
That the women’s resistance to the Clearances was wrong because they defied authority and acted in an ‘unwomanly’ manner
That the women got lost on the way to a skirmish with police and had to ask for directions
That the women should be praised for their efforts in the resistance movements
The theme of ownership in this play can be summed up by which statement?
Time is money
The people own the land
Land means money, money means power, and power equals ownership