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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. At whose home does Act 4 take place?
(a) Miss Flora Van Huysen's.
(b) Miss Levi's.
(c) Mr. Vandergelder's.
(d) Mrs. Malloy's.

2. In Act 4, who do the real Ermengarde and Ambrose pretend to be?
(a) Ermengarde and Mr. Vandergelder.
(b) Ermengarde and Barnaby.
(c) Ermengarde and Cornelius.
(d) Mrs. Levi and Mrs. Malloy.

3. Cornelius thinks the adventure at the restaurant will put him where?
(a) On America's Most Wanted.
(b) On television.
(c) In Mrs. Malloy's good graces.
(d) In jail.

4. When surprised at the restaurant, Malachi suggests Mr. Vandergelder do what?
(a) Buy strangers dinner.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Hide.

5. Miss Van H. tells the men not to worry about what mistake?
(a) Who is who.
(b) Spilling coffee.
(c) Misleading their brides.
(d) Forgetting her birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Van H. feels it is difficult to be what?

2. What does Mr. Vandergelder give Cornelius?

3. Where does Miss Van H. tell "Ambrose" to warm his feet?

4. In Act 4, what does Mrs. Levi take from Mrs. Malloy?

5. In Act 4, what is the home filled with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprising acts of kindness are demonstrated by Mr. Vandergelder at the end of Act 4?

2. Why is Mrs. Malloy's comment about extravagance at dinner ironic?

3. What actions show Miss Van H. to be an eccentric character?

4. Why is Ermengarde worried about being in a restaurant with Ambrose?

5. What type of unwanted advice does Malachi deliver at the beginning of Act 3?

6. What does Mrs. Levi do when she realizes Mr. Vandergelder is spying on her, Ermengarde, and Ambrose?

7. What does Miss Van H. see as an ultimate act of cruelty?

8. What type of seating arrangement does Mr. Vandergelder request at the restaurant, at the beginning of Act 3?

9. Why does Barnaby protest the bath offered by Miss Van H.?

10. Why are Cornelius and Barnaby delivered to Miss Van H.'s house?

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