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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sir Oliver doing when he enters the stage with Rowley?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Wiping sweat off his forehead.
(c) Blushing.
(d) Cleaning his spectacles.

2. Whom does Rowley believe that Lady Teazle has her heart and eyes set upon?
(a) Sir Oliver.
(b) Snake.
(c) Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Joseph Surface.

3. Whom is the playwright honoring via the portrait portion of the play?
(a) Dr. Everett Treadway.
(b) Diana Bates.
(c) Frances Anne Crewe.
(d) Leonard Crabtree.

4. Based on information presented in the portrait portion of the play, which of the following best exemplifies its chief aim?
(a) Pure entertainment.
(b) Curbing scandals.
(c) Promoting volunteerism.
(d) Public forum for public concerns.

5. Which couple does Rowley believe to have the capability of entering into a compatible marriage?
(a) Charles Surface and Maria.
(b) David Garrick and Maria.
(c) John Crewe and Lady Sneerwell.
(d) Benjamin Backbite and Lady Sneerwell.

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

7. What does Sir Peter think about Joseph?
(a) That he is having an affair with Lady Teazle.
(b) That he is the most upstanding of men.
(c) That he is a dissipated drunk.
(d) That he is Charles's nemesis.

8. Why does Lady Sneerwell undertake her next project?
(a) She is jealous of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle's happiness.
(b) She is angry at him for ruining their last plan.
(c) She does not want Sir Oliver Surface to return to London.
(d) She wants Charles for herself because she knows him to be a very noble soul underneath his shell of decrepit morals and dissipation.

9. What is Sir Peter shocked and appalled to witness when he arrives at the gathering?
(a) The incessant gossip and slander that is taking place.
(b) Clergymen leading the gossip session.
(c) Insults exchanged between Lady Sneerwell and Mrs. Candour.
(d) Children in attendance at the gathering.

10. Why does Maria leave at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) She does not feel well.
(b) She has an appointment.
(c) She does not leave.
(d) She cannot take hearing people discuss her love in such unflattering terms.

11. Who is David Garrick?
(a) Stagehand.
(b) The writer.
(c) Theatre critic.
(d) Member of the audience.

12. What recent success do Lady Sneerwell and Snake discuss at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A real estate investment.
(b) Sir Oliver Surface's return.
(c) Their success in assassinating someone's character.
(d) Their relationship.

13. In Act 1, Scene 2, who claims that Charles is an upright young man?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Sir Peter.
(c) Lady Teazle.
(d) Rowley.

14. According to Act 1, Scene 2, what event has made Sir Peter Teazle's life miserable?
(a) His jealousy of Charles Surface and Lady Teazle.
(b) His friend's return.
(c) Maria is his ward.
(d) His marriage six months ago to a much younger woman.

15. Why does Sir Peter dislike everyone at the party?
(a) Because of their incessant gossiping.
(b) He does not dislike them; they are his closest friends.
(c) Because they dislike him.
(d) Because they are ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sir Peter make a final complaint about his wife to in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who moves off to speak to each other privately at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What does the party in Act 2, Scene 2 consist of doing?

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

5. What is it that everyone is always eager to hear as mentioned in the prologue of the play?

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