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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Hugo reveal to Madame Desmortes?
(a) Lady India and Messerschmann are having an affair.
(b) Diana and Hugo are having an affair.
(c) Diana and Messerschmann are having an affair.
(d) Lady India and Joshua are having an affair.

2. Where does Frederic sleep?
(a) In the rhododendrons below Diana's window.
(b) In the roses below Diana's window.
(c) In the rhododendrons below Hugo's window.
(d) In the roses below Hugo's window.

3. What is unusual about one character's diet?
(a) The diet consists of noodles smothered in butter and salt.
(b) The diet consists of noodles with butter but no salt.
(c) The diet consists of nothing but noodles, with no butter or salt.
(d) The diet consists of noodles with salt but no butter.

4. What is a characters' sarcastic complaint when she is waiting to see the guest list?
(a) She might as well have asked to have snow in summer.
(b) She might as well have asked to have the rhododendrons replaced.
(c) She might as well have asked to have the chateau rebuilt.
(d) She might as well have asked to have the lake restocked with carp.

5. Who examines the guest list in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Madame Desmortes.
(c) Frederic.
(d) Diana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Lady India and Messerschmann?

2. What sounds are heard offstage during Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does the gardener intend to do with the shrubbery?

4. How does Romainville lure Isabelle's mother out of the conservatory?

5. Who is Joshua?

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