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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is about to take place at the chateau?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A ball.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A ballet.

2. What does Hugo want the guests at the ball to think?
(a) That he is in love with Isabelle.
(b) That he is already married.
(c) That he is in love with Lady India.
(d) That he is in love with two women.

3. What plan does Hugo reveal to Isabelle in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He wants Lady India to fall in love with Frederic.
(b) He wants Frederic to fall in love with Isabelle.
(c) He wants Isabelle to fall in love with Frederic.
(d) He wants Frederic to fall in love with Lady India.

4. How does Romainville lure Isabelle's mother out of the conservatory?
(a) He promises her an unfettered view of the arriving carriages and guests.
(b) He offers her some dinner.
(c) He asks her to dance.
(d) He pretends to be in love with her.

5. What is a characters' sarcastic complaint when she is waiting to see the guest list?
(a) She might as well have asked to have the lake restocked with carp.
(b) She might as well have asked to have snow in summer.
(c) She might as well have asked to have the chateau rebuilt.
(d) She might as well have asked to have the rhododendrons replaced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Patrice wary of Hugo?

2. Isabelle is expected to make the guests believe what?

3. Who is Romainville?

4. What is the topic of the joke that upsets Frederic?

5. What secret does Hugo reveal to Madame Desmortes?

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