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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. What is Marlow's reaction when he sees the menu for the night's supper?
(a) He is shocked, thinking it will be expensive.
(b) He thinks it is rustic food.
(c) He does not believe the menu is correct.
(d) He cannot eat rich food at night.

2. What joke does Tony play on Hastings and Marlow?.
(a) He puts something in their ale that will put them to sleep.
(b) He tells them that Hardcastle and his daughter have gone to Paris.
(c) He sends someone out to loosen the reins on their horses.
(d) He gives them directions to Hardcastle's house but tells them it is an inn.

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

4. What happens when Hardcastle asks the servants about serving wine?
(a) They all start wishing for a glass of wine.
(b) They all say that they prefer ale.
(c) No one moves to get the wine.
(d) They all rush out to get the wine.

5. Of what does Marlow envy Hastings?
(a) His wealth and title.
(b) His ability to play the lute and sing.
(c) His ability to captivate any woman.
(d) His skill at writing love poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion is made that the landlady might do?

2. How is Mr. Hardcastle astonished by Kate's conversation?

3. What has Kate promised her father about her dress in the evenings?

4. When Hardcastle enters the room, how does Marlow indicate he is dismissed?

5. What is Marlow's experience with proper young ladies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the audience get a picture of Tony Lumpkin before he even enters the stage?

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

3. What clue does the landlord give in the muttered line that Tony is a damn'd mischievous son of a whore?

4. What does the audience learn right away of Kate Hardcastle's character.

5. Tony has the landlord give the directions which no one could possibly follow. What fun do they have when Marlow asks for a room at the Three Pigeons?

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

7. Explain how the scene in the Three Pigeons is typical of an English pub.

8. How does Hastings inject himself into the argument between Tony and his mother?

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

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

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