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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack learn about his parents?
(a) They had a love match.
(b) They did not want to marry one another.
(c) They had a marriage of convenience.
(d) They wish they wouldnt have had a son.

2. How did Julia's relationship with Faulkland begin?
(a) Julia was introduced to him by Jack.
(b) Faulkland fell in love with Julia from afar.
(c) Julia's father promised Faulkland her hand.
(d) Julia met Faulkland on the street.

3. What does disinherit mean?
(a) For one to gain money.
(b) To gain friends .
(c) To lose friends.
(d) For one to lose an inheritance.

4. What is tangled?
(a) Lydia's hair.
(b) The web Sheridan weaves.
(c) Sir Anthony's words.
(d) the story.

5. Where do the two servants meet?
(a) the United States.
(b) London.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Bath.

6. Are Mr. Faulkland and Jack good friends?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) No, because the two were in a duel together.
(d) Yes, but onlyu because Jack feels bad for him.

7. How does the lawyer get the sergeant at law to accept the paper?
(a) He offers to marry his daughter.
(b) He invites the sergeant at law to dinner.
(c) He slips money to the sergeant at law.
(d) He promises to invest in the sergeant at law's business.

8. What does Faulkland lack?
(a) love for Julia.
(b) the ability to be mad at Julia.
(c) a sense of humor.
(d) realtistic romantic ideas.

9. Who is Bob Acres?
(a) A suitor for Julia.
(b) A rival of Beverly Ensign's.
(c) A rival of Faulkland's.
(d) A friend of Faulkland's.

10. What does Jack do as he exits the stage?
(a) Curses at his father.
(b) Pushes Fag out of the way.
(c) Slams his fist into his chest.
(d) Yells at Fag.

11. What is being judged?
(a) London.
(b) Sheridan's play.
(c) The town of Bath.
(d) the actions of the characters.

12. Does Sheridan believe all plays should have a moral point of view?
(a) Sometimes, depending on the subject matter.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes because it is the only way to see the errors of our ways.

13. What makes Julia cry?
(a) Faulkland's indifference.
(b) Jack's inability to love her.
(c) Her brother's death.
(d) Faulkland's hounding.

14. What does Sheridan invite the audience to do?
(a) confuse their morals.
(b) laugh.
(c) create a time of enjoyment.
(d) question their states of mind.

15. What does the sergeant at law claim when he is given this item?
(a) He would like to quit his job.
(b) He would like another peice of chocolate.
(c) He wishes for more money .
(d) That he cannot see the paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Faulkland sad?

2. What was occurring in English culture and literature as Sheridan wrote the play?

3. Who scolds Lucy on passing notes?

4. Who does Lucius kiss?

5. Who is Captain Absolute courting?

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