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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Tony suddenly brave enough to play a prank on Hardcastle and his guests.
(a) He is leaving for Europe soon.
(b) His mother will defend him.
(c) He has grown much larger than Hardcastle.
(d) He is soon to come into his inheritance.

2. How is the scene in the Three Pigeons a satire on sentimental comedy?
(a) The characters serve as a chorus as in Greek comedy.
(b) The dialogue is high toned.
(c) The sentiments are only on drinking.
(d) The characters are all commoners and not genteel.

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

4. Who comes to visit Kate as she is contemplating the evening and meeting Marlow?
(a) Constance Neville, her best friend.
(b) The maid with a glass of milk.
(c) Tony Lumpkin, her stepbrother.
(d) Mrs. Hardcastle wanting to know what her husband told Kate.

5. What suggestion is made that the landlady might do?
(a) Give them three chairs and a bolster in front of the fireplace.
(b) Make them a bed on the pub floor.
(c) Let them share her bed.
(d) Order them out of her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Hardcastle say the neighbors bring back from their trips to town?

2. What does Mr. Hardcastle expect from Diggory who was brought into the house from his work in the barn?

3. Why is Mrs. Hardcastle trying to make a match between Tony and Constance?

4. What happens when Hardcastle asks the servants about serving wine?

5. What is Tony looking forward to in the near future?

(see the answer key)

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