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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. What is Marlow's experience with proper young ladies?
(a) None whatsoever because he has been in all-boy schools.
(b) Hardly no experience with ladies of the upper class.
(c) A lot of experience that always ends badly.
(d) Only experience with his cousins.

2. Before offering to give directions to Marlow and Hastings, what does Tony want to know?
(a) If they have an invitation to the Hardcastle mansion.
(b) If they need to see Hardcastle right away.
(c) If they have servants traveling with them.
(d) If they know where they are and how they got there.

3. What does Mrs. Hardcastle say their mansion looks like?
(a) A barracks.
(b) An inn.
(c) A museum.
(d) A barn.

4. How does Hardcastle say the servants are like their betters?
(a) They want some staff to be under them.
(b) They are only interested in the money.
(c) They are too concerned about their dress.
(d) They are arguing over places of importance.

5. What does Hastings say about Marlow in the company of women of reputation?
(a) He gets grand and ignores the women.
(b) He puts on airs that the women can see right through.
(c) He is a trembler looking like he wants to steal out of the room.
(d) He turns red and cannot speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dichotomy does Marlow bewail?

2. Who does Constance say Marlow is?

3. When Kate agrees to accept the young man if he asks for her hand, how does her father tease her?

4. What admonition does Hardcastle give the servants for when guests arrive?

5. What sort of sales pitch does Mr. Hardcastle make to his daughter?

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