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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character do Valentine and Scandal accuse Tattle of having intimate relations?
(a) Mrs. Foresight
(b) Angelica
(c) the nurse
(d) Mrs. Frail

2. What do Valentine and Scandal poke fun at Tattle for?
(a) Tattle's ever increasing waistline
(b) Tattle's hygiene
(c) Tattle's inexperience with women
(d) Tattle's stutter

3. What news does Mrs. Frail announce when she arrives at Valentine's door?
(a) Valentine's father is suffering from ill health
(b) Benjamin has returned from sea
(c) Scandal is in dire financial straights
(d) Trapland has filed a formal accusation against Valentine

4. What does the deed that Sir Sampson arrives with insure?
(a) gives Valentine his inheritance and relinquishes liability
(b) gives the property and family power to Benjamin
(c) gives Benjamin his inheritance and relinquishes liability
(d) gives the property and family power to Valentine

5. Which character serves as a calming, "voice of reason" for Valentine?
(a) his father
(b) Scandal
(c) Tattle
(d) Trapland

6. What profession does Valentine hope to take on to earn a living?
(a) becoming a teacher
(b) becoming a lawyer
(c) becoming a writer
(d) becoming a doctor

7. What word best describes the seduction of Miss Prue?
(a) obvious
(b) untimely
(c) scheming
(d) appropriate

8. What kind of expert does Foresight imagine himself to be?
(a) an educational expert
(b) a legal expert
(c) an astrological expert
(d) a medical expert

9. What has Valentine done with all his money?
(a) purchased real estate
(b) bought a bride
(c) doubled it in a game of chance
(d) squandered it on women and entertainment

10. Who does Mr. Tattle seduce?
(a) Mrs. Foresight
(b) Mrs. Frail
(c) Angelica
(d) Miss Prue

11. In which city does Valentine live?
(a) Lyon
(b) Bath
(c) London
(d) Paris

12. Who would the two older women like to encourage Miss Prue to have a relationship with instead of Benjamin?
(a) Sir Sampson
(b) Mr. Tattle
(c) Scandal
(d) Valentine

13. What is the name of the character who is ordered to stay and see Mrs. Frail and Mrs. Foresight in order to get information about Angelica?
(a) Scandal
(b) Tattle
(c) Jeremy
(d) Benjamin

14. What is the name of Angelica's uncle?
(a) Frail
(b) Trapland
(c) Tattle
(d) Foresight

15. What does Mrs. Frail want most of all?
(a) to be smart
(b) to be young
(c) to be wealthy
(d) to be married

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Prue engaged to?

2. What activity does Valentine recently enjoy?

3. What document does Sir Sampson arrive with in hand?

4. How is Trapland dissuaded into forgetting about Valentine's debt?

5. Where does Scandal agree to accompany Mrs. Frail?

(see the answer keys)

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