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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As soon as Hardcastle is out of sight, what do the servants begin saying?
(a) None of them can remember his or her job.
(b) They say they are going back to their old jobs.
(c) They say the master has lost his mind.
(d) They begin arguing over which one is most important.

2. What does Mr. Hardcastle say Marlow has to do?
(a) Crawl on his hands and knees.
(b) Give up playing jokes on his host.
(c) Reconcile contradictions.
(d) Work in the inn for one year.

3. What does Kate say to Constance about her brother Tony?
(a) She says that Tony fancies he will marry a duchess.
(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 tells Constance that Tony walks in his sleep.

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

5. Who does Constance say Marlow is?
(a) The most eligable bachelor in London.
(b) The son of her father's dearest friend.
(c) A royal in line for the throne.
(d) The most intimate friend of her admirer, Mr. Hastings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tired of humoring Hardcastle, what blunder does Marlow make?

2. What joke does Tony play on Hastings and Marlow?.

3. As the play opens, who are the two characters who enter from the right?

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

5. What is Mr. Hardcastle attempting to do with his servants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mr. Hardcastle different from his wife?

2. Describe Tony Lumpkins' problem with his mother and Miss Neville.

3. How do Marlow and Hastings treat Mr. Hardcastle at what they suppose is an inn?

4. Describe the landlord's reaction when Tony gives Marlow and Hastings directions to an inn which he calls Buck's Head.

5. Using Mr. Hardcastle's speech at the beginning of act 3, define and explain the soliloquy.

6. When Mrs. Hardcastle sees Tony and Constance together, what does she assume?

7. How do we know that Kate is actually excited at the prospect of a handsome, well-mannered husband-to-be?

8. Explain Tony's trickery with Mrs. Hardcastle when Constance is pressing her to relinquish her jewels.

9. What does Marlow say to Hastings about his ability with women?

10. Why is Mr. Hardcastle training his servants?

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