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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 know where they are and how they got there.
(d) If they have servants traveling with them.

2. When Hardcastle enters the room, how does Marlow indicate he is dismissed?
(a) By turning to Hastings and ignoring Hardcastle.
(b) By giving him their breakfast order.
(c) By saying he will call if he needs anything.
(d) By asking him to go look after their horses.

3. When Marlow and Hastings enter the Three Pigeons, Marlow is complaining about the distance they came. What does Hastings say?
(a) It was because he forgot his top hat and had to go back for it.
(b) It was because a wheel broke on the carriage and they had to haul it to London.
(c) It was because he would not stop and ask directions.
(d) It was because they had no roadmap to the Hardcastle estate.

4. What does Hardcastle assume from Kate's comments about Marlow?
(a) That Marlow knows how to speak with a lady.
(b) That her judgement is failing her.
(c) That she must have met someone else.
(d) That she finds him as objectionable as he does.

5. What does Kate say to Constance about her brother Tony?
(a) She tells Constance that Tony walks in his sleep.
(b) She says that she could almost love him for hating Constance so.
(c) She says that Tony will do anything to marry Constance.
(d) She says that Tony fancies he will marry a duchess.

6. What argument does the subject of age bring up between the Hardcastles?
(a) Mrs. Hardcastle's age.
(b) The holes in the carpet.
(c) The leaks in the roof.
(d) How long they have had the same furniture.

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

8. What is Tony's reply when Hastings asks how he managed to get the jewels?
(a) I told her you and Constance wer trying to find them and I should hide them for her.
(b) Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs.
(c) I told her I would keep them in my vault.
(d) I said if she gave me the jewels I'd marry Constance.

9. What does Mr. Hardcastle say the neighbors bring back from their trips to town?
(a) Bills and bad dispositions.
(b) Useless furniture and ugly paintings.
(c) Things for which they have no use.
(d) Vanity and affectation.

10. 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 wear simply country housewife clothes.
(c) That she will not wear jewelry in the evenings.
(d) That she will only dress up in the evenings.

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

12. What comment does the landlord of the Three Pigeons make about Hardcastle's inn?
(a) He says they get their guests out of bed when the rooster crows each morning.
(b) He says they have good beds and fine wine.
(c) He says they have hard beds and sour wine.
(d) He says there is a rumor that they steal from their guests while they sleep.

13. What does Tony urge his mother to tell Constance about the jewels?
(a) That she will give them to her when she marries Tony.
(b) That she had them appraised and they are all fake.
(c) That she sold them and the money is spent.
(d) That they are lost and he will bear witness.

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

15. When does Mrs. Hardcastle insist will be the time for Constance to wear jewels?
(a) Only when she's presented at court.
(b) When she is in her forties and her beauty needs repairing.
(c) Only when she has paste copies of them.
(d) They are for looking at and not for wearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hardcastle's reaction when Kate enters the room?

2. What is the one area of agreement between Kate and Mr. Hardcastle about Marlow?

3. How interested is Hardcastle in politics?

4. What is Tony's one word admonition to the landlord of the pub?

5. What does Mr. Hardcastle call his home?

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