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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Vandergelder is Ermengarde's what?
(a) Father.
(b) Brother.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Ex-husband.

2. What does Mr. Vandergelder smoke at the beginning of the play?
(a) Cloves.
(b) A cigar.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) A pipe.

3. Yonkers is how many miles north of New York City?
(a) 1.
(b) 100.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

4. What type of store does Mrs. Molloy own?
(a) Wine shop.
(b) Hat store.
(c) Book store.
(d) Dress shop.

5. What does Malachi claim to want from Mr. Vandergelder?
(a) A scholarship.
(b) An endorsement of his art.
(c) His daughter's hand.
(d) An apprenticeship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe refuse to do, even for fifty cents?

2. What type of instruction does Mrs. Levi offer?

3. "Marriage is a bribe designed to make a housekeeper think she's..." what?

4. What does Mrs. Levi reveal to Ambrose?

5. Ambrose is in what mood at the beginning of Act 1?

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