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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lady Teazle eager to know?
(a) Why Joseph was earnestly entreating Maria to listen to him.
(b) How much her husband's net worth really is.
(c) What date her archrival, Mrs. Candour, is moving to Liverpool.
(d) Whether Sir Peter is having an affair with Mrs. Candour.

2. What do Lady Teazle and Joseph Surface share?
(a) A joke about Mrs. Candour.
(b) A strong dislike for Benjamin Backbite.
(c) Plans to spend some time together.
(d) An interest in Mozart's musical compositions.

3. Who follows Maria when she exits at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Mrs. Candour.
(c) Lady Sneerwell.
(d) Charles.

4. Why is the speaker of "A Portrait" important?
(a) He is famous.
(b) He is the protagonist.
(c) He is the author of the play.
(d) She is the antagonist.

5. Where do Sir Peter and Lady Teazle go at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Home.
(b) Lady Sneerwell's.
(c) Joseph's house.
(d) Sir Oliver's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maria worrying about as she enters in the middle of Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What is Sheridan attacking, according to the Prologue?

3. How does the speaker feel about the subject of the play?

4. Who is Uncle Crabtree's nephew?

5. Maria considers Lady Teazle to be which of the following types during her meeting with Joseph at the gossipers' gathering?

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