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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 does Lucius think Lydia is?
(a) an old soul.
(b) A loose woman.
(c) a misguided youth.
(d) A mistress of language.

2. What does not exist in this play?
(a) truthful characters.
(b) Deep meaning or morals.
(c) kind witnesses.
(d) A sassy tone.

3. By bribing the sergeant at law, who is Sheridan also bribing?
(a) the audience.
(b) his enemies.
(c) his critics.
(d) his peers.

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

5. What does Mrs Malaprop misuse all the time?
(a) prepositions.
(b) words.
(c) sentences.
(d) people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fag exit?

2. What other word does Mrs. Malaprop's note confuse?

3. How does the lawyer get the sergeant at law to accept the paper?

4. What will Lydia lose if she marries Beverly?

5. What does the play exhibit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Faukland lie about?

2. What does the epilogue address?

3. When Jack does speak, what does he do?

4. What type of play is Sheridan weaving?

5. How does Sheridan write the epilogue?

6. What does Fag reveal about Jack to Coachman?

7. How does the play begin?

8. What does Mrs Malaprop inform Jack of?

9. What does Lucy contemplate as she waits for Sir Lucius?

10. What does SIr Anthony see in Jack's jacket?

(see the answer keys)

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