View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Tony tell Marlow and Hastings about the owner of the inn?
(a) He says that he is closing the inn and fancies himself a country gentleman.
(b) He tells them that the old man is a lunatic.
(c) He tells them that the owner is away and there are imposters in the inn.
(d) He tells them that the old man loves to play tricks on his guests.

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

5. What is Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint with her husband?
(a) He has no taste in furniture.
(b) They never have company come to the house.
(c) He doesn't dress for dinner.
(d) They do not travel to town now and then.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Diggory say he learned how to hold his hands?

3. What does Mrs. Hardcastle say their mansion looks like?

4. How is the scene in the Three Pigeons a satire on sentimental comedy?

5. What is Marlow's plan for meeting Kate Hardcastle?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 418 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample