View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dichotomy does Marlow bewail?
(a) An impudent man may fake modesty, but a modest man cannot fake impudence.
(b) You cannot pay upper class women the same as you do the lower class.
(c) Low class women are not bound by the reserve of upper class women.
(d) Lower class women do not expect marriage like the upper class.

2. As the play opens, who are the two characters who enter from the right?
(a) The maid and Mrs. Hardcastle
(b) Marlow and Hastings
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
(d) Kate and Marlow

3. What refreshment does Marlow ask of Hardcastle?
(a) An Irish whisky.
(b) A gin and tonic.
(c) Milk and biscuits.
(d) A glass of warm punch.

4. How does Hardcastle finally get the attention of Marlow and Hastings?
(a) By firing a pistol.
(b) By kicking them.
(c) By talking louder.
(d) By mentioning sex.

5. What has Kate promised her father about her dress in the evenings?
(a) That she will wear a dancing costume in the evenings.
(b) That she will only dress up in the evenings.
(c) That she will wear simply country housewife clothes.
(d) That she will not wear jewelry in the evenings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Hardcastle's response to Mrs. Hardcastle's complaining that he only likes old things.

2. What is Marlow's reaction when he sees the menu for the night's supper?

3. Hardcastle does not recognize the insults at first and attempts to do what?

4. What hinders Marlow from seeking a wife?

5. Who does Constance say Marlow is?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 395 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample