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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Tony say to Constance about the jewels now back with his mother.
2. What does Sir Charles say will happen if what Kate has said turns out to be true?
3. What is Kate's plan for Marlow?
4. What does Tony do when his mother is so upset?
5. What has Tony done with his mother and Constance?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mrs. Hardcastle make an appearance in the garden.
2. Describe Hastings' mood after Constance has left with Mrs. Hardcastle.
3. How does Kate discover the misunderstanding that has been going on in the house?
4. Does Mr. Hardcastle think Kate is right about young Marlow? How does he respond to Kate's request for more time to prove to him that Marlow is a proper gentleman.
5. While the three of them--Mrs. Hardcastle, Tony, and Constance--are talking, what is the unexpected turn of events?
6. What transpires between Mr. Hardcastle and Tony in the dark?
7. There is a great deal of shouting at one another about Tony's latest deception. What does Tony say that Mr. Hardcastle has to agree with?
8. How does Mrs. Hardcastle react when she reads the real note?
9. What is the act Tony and Constance put on for Mrs. Hardcastle's benefit?
10. After Marlow leaves and Kate enters the room, what is the conversation she has with the two gentlemen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The real villain in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER is Mrs. Hardcastle. Write a paper identifying the passages that give clues to her real nature. Note in your paper Mrs. Hardcastle's pretensions to upper class position, her emphasis on appearances, her ignorance of real elite society, and her underlying greed. Include in the paper how she manipulated Tony and Constance in order to satisfy her goals.
Essay Topic 2
Select three of four scenes in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER that you consider to be very funny. Write about the words and actions that make the scenes comical in nature. Compare those scenes to movie or TV comedies today and show how early writers like Goldsmith influenced our ideas of what is funny in a play or film.
Essay Topic 3
Staging of plays in Goldsmith's day was much different from the way it is today. There was no curtain. At the end of a scene, the actors all walked off the stage and the stagehands came in and changed the backdrop and the furniture. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER has stood the test of time, however, and is still staged today. Write a paper about how you would stage the play and handle the different scene changes.
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