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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose credit is no good in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Charles's.
(b) Mr. Moses's.
(c) Trip's.
(d) Sir Oliver's.

2. What makes the situation at the end of Act 2, Scene 1 worse on Sir Peter?
(a) He loves Lady Teazle.
(b) He has a prior engagement.
(c) He likes arguing with his wife.
(d) He has promised to join Lady Teazle for her appointment.

3. When Sir Peter sees a lady's petticoats behind the screen, what does Joseph claim?
(a) It is a French milliner he has been seeing.
(b) Sir Peter does not see a lady's petticoats behind the screen.
(c) It is Lady Teazle.
(d) Sir Peter is imagining things.

4. Why does Sir Peter think Lady Teazle should be happy with anything he gives her?
(a) Because she loves him.
(b) Because he loves her.
(c) Because she is never happy.
(d) Because she grew up poor.

5. Following Sir Peter's arrival at Joseph's house, who arrives to speak with Joseph Surface?
(a) Rowley.
(b) Lady Sneerwell.
(c) Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Charles Surface.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Peter see protruding from behind the screen in Joseph's room?

2. How does Charles feel when he and Sir Peter enact Sir Peter's scheme?

3. What does Lady Teazle hope for at the end of Act 4, Scene 3?

4. Toward whom does Lady Teazle shift the blame for her own desire to live the best life that money can buy?

5. What does Charles Surface give Trip?

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