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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best character description for Mrs. Foresight?
(a) brilliant
(b) lazy
(c) out of touch
(d) quick

2. Why does Mrs. Foresight chastise Mrs. Frail?
(a) for her overweight frame
(b) for her poor choice in wardrobe
(c) for her indiscriminate behavior in public
(d) for the overbearing tone in her voice

3. 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) Tattle
(b) Benjamin
(c) Scandal
(d) Jeremy

4. Why has the nurse come knocking on Valentine's door?
(a) to collect money for laundry services
(b) to collect money for the care of Valentine's illigitimate child
(c) to collect money for curing Valentine of a venereal disease
(d) to collect money for sleeping medications

5. How does Trapland respond to Scandal's attempt to dissuade him?
(a) Trapland drafts a legal document
(b) Trapland leaves
(c) Trapland asks to speak with Valentine's father
(d) Trapland stays yet he is uninvited

6. What is the name of the character that is plotting to separate Benjamin and Miss Prue for her own gain?
(a) Angelica
(b) Mrs. Frail
(c) the nurse
(d) Mrs. Foresight

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

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

9. Who does Mrs. Frail want to marry?
(a) Foresight
(b) Valenine
(c) Scandal
(d) Benjamin

10. What kind of relationship do Mrs. Foresight and Mrs. Frail have together?
(a) sisters
(b) twins
(c) enemies
(d) lovers

11. What does Valentine's father hope will happen once the debts are paid?
(a) Valentine will be able to publish his poetry
(b) Valentine's honor will be restored
(c) Valentine will win the affections of Angelica
(d) Valentine will become a better father

12. What does Valentine blame his father for?
(a) weakening him with a woman like Angelica
(b) bringing him into the world
(c) causing his emotional grief
(d) getting him into debt

13. What is the best word to describe the use of the names of the characters in the play?
(a) telling
(b) ironic
(c) clever
(d) definitive

14. Who are the people that come knocking on Valentine's door and demand attention?
(a) servants
(b) creditors
(c) debtors
(d) children

15. Who might Scandal come into contact with when on an excursion with Mrs. Frail?
(a) Angelica
(b) Scandal's lover
(c) Tuttle
(d) the nurse

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best word to describe the character of Mrs. Frail?

2. What news does Mrs. Frail announce when she arrives at Valentine's door?

3. How does Scandal thwart persistent attempts by Trapland to collect his money?

4. What is Valentine's sole goal?

5. What does Valentine ask for upon greeting his father, Sir Sampson.

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