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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the play begin?
(a) With an attorney bribing a sergeant at law.
(b) With two lovers quarreling .
(c) At a party in London .
(d) In Bath on a sunny afternoon.

2. What word does Mrs. Malaprop misuse in this section?
(a) Popsicle .
(b) pinnacle.
(c) pinkberry.
(d) poppy.

3. Where will the duel be held?
(a) Hallows Hills.
(b) Stone Park.
(c) King's Mead Fields.
(d) Tower Meadow.

4. What does connive mean?
(a) To gather.
(b) To con.
(c) To change.
(d) To concentrate.

5. What are some of the names of books Lydia reads?
(a) The Fatal Connexion.
(b) Fatal Attraction.
(c) Stories of Love and Lust .
(d) Lost Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lucy at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 2?

2. Does Sheridan believe all plays should have a moral point of view?

3. What does the attorney hand to the sergeant at law?

4. As Faulkland enters, what does Jack say he will let Sir Lucius do?

5. Was Sheridan familiar with courting practices of the time?

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