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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 Countess arranging as the Count is heard outside asking why the bedroom door is locked?
(a) the bedcovers.
(b) the placement of the furniture.
(c) her flowers.
(d) Cherubin's hair.

2. Which character tries to talk Suzanne into giving in to the Count's demands?
(a) Figaro.
(b) Bazile.
(c) Cherubin.
(d) Fanchette.

3. What does the Countess discover is missing when she examines Cherubin's papers?
(a) the Count's specific orders.
(b) the Count's official seal.
(c) the name of the regiment.
(d) the Count's offical address.

4. Why does Suzanne agree to not tell even Figaro of the change in plans?
(a) it will settle the Count's temper.
(b) it will make her marriage take place.
(c) it will give her more freedom.
(d) it will ensure safety.

5. Why sort of missions does the Count want Figaro to take on?
(a) diplomatic missions.
(b) international missions.
(c) religious mission.
(d) business missions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Antonio?

2. What does the Count ask after he proclaims that love still exists and agrees to the ceremony?

3. Where does Figaro tell the Countess she should meet the Count, despite the fact that someone else will take Suzanne's place?

4. What does Figaro give Suzanne for luck?

5. What has Figaro arranged to be delivered to the Count hinting that the Countess is seeing another man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Countess explain the letter to the Count?

2. Why does Suzanne want a different bedroom?

3. What happens when a group of peasant girls present Suzanne with flowers in honor of her wedding?

4. What is Bazile's true purpose for coming into the room at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?

5. What does Figaro argue regarding the letter?

6. What is the key farcical action that inflames the Count and encourages him to retrieve his tools?

7. What does the Count muse to himself as he sits in the castle's throne room?

8. How does Suzanne react when she realizes that the paper that fell from the jumper's pocket is Cherubin's commission?

9. What are the implications for Suzanne now that the presence of Cherubin has been revealed?

10. What does the Count consider when contemplating taking Figaro to England with him and what is Figaro's response?

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