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

2. Why is Sir Sampson in a hurry to get the deed legalized?
(a) because Valentine might reconsider
(b) because Benjamin demanded the papers be put through
(c) because Valentine is hatching a new plan
(d) because Benjamin arrives home tonight to settle the inheritance

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

4. Where is Valentine's brother, Benjamin, during their father's offer of payment?
(a) in the garden
(b) at a party
(c) in the city
(d) at sea

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Valentine in danger of going if he does not devise a plan?

2. Which character do the older women want to be free of commitment?

3. Who are the people that come knocking on Valentine's door and demand attention?

4. In which city does Valentine live?

5. Who does Mr. Tattle seduce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Benjamin?

2. How does Angelica retort the comment made by Foresight regarding her inability to use his carriage?

3. Describe the character of Scandal.

4. What do the two older woman want to encourage in Miss Prue?

5. How does Mrs. Foresight respond to Scandal's offer of affection?

6. Describe why Mrs. Foresight is motivated to declare her intentions for Sir Sampson.

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

8. What does Sampson discuss with Foresight regarding "something of equal value" as related to his son, Valentine?

9. Describe how Valentine considers earning an income.

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

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