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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Foresight support her sister's need to find a husband?
(a) she introduces Mrs. Frail to available men
(b) she doesn't and stops talking with her
(c) she helps Mrs. Frail become comfortable in social situations
(d) she doesn't and chastises her instead

2. Where does Scandal agree to accompany Mrs. Frail?
(a) to the gardens
(b) on a shopping excursion
(c) to the docks
(d) on a walking tour

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

4. Who does Miss Prue find herself attracted to?
(a) Mr. Foresight
(b) Sir Sampson
(c) Valentine
(d) Mr. Tattle

5. What kind of writer does Valentine hope to become?
(a) a novelist
(b) a journalist
(c) a poet
(d) an essayist

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Frail want most of all?

2. What does the deed that Sir Sampson arrives with insure?

3. Who is Miss Prue engaged to?

4. Who does Valentine ask to get more information about Angelica?

5. What kind of expert does Foresight imagine himself to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dynamic between Ben and Mrs. Frail toward the end of the 3rd act.

2. What is the motivation for Valentine act like a madman?

3. What does Miss Prue confide in Mrs. Frail just as Valentine's brother, Ben, arrives?

4. Explain what happens when Sir Sampson hears that Valentine has gone mad. What are the overarching ramifications?

5. Describe how Valentine feels about Angelica.

6. What happens when Ben and Miss Prue get acquainted?

7. Describe how Valentine considers earning an income.

8. Explain the dynamics between Ben and his father upon the announcement of the wedding.

9. Discuss how Angelica gets Valentine to sign the deed of conveyance.

10. What are Jeremy and Scandal testing Valentine for at the beginning of Act 4?

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