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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The play takes place in what sort of room?
(a) Conservatory.
(b) Library.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Ballroom.

2. Why does Isabelle apologize to Hugo in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) For her mother's behavior.
(b) For being an unskilled dancer.
(c) For being late to the ball.
(d) For being shy.

3. Who does Madame Desmortes encourage to dance in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lady India and Hugo.
(b) Diana and Hugo.
(c) Frederic and Diana.
(d) Hugo and Isabelle.

4. For what does Madame Desmortes congratulate Romainville?
(a) For his upcoming marriage.
(b) For his beautiful niece, Isabelle.
(c) For his beautiful niece, Lady India.
(d) For his beautiful niece, Diana.

5. Which character has an unusual diet?
(a) Messerschmann.
(b) Patrice.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Madame Desmortes.

6. Who is Romainville?
(a) The brother of Madame Desmortes.
(b) The uncle of Diana.
(c) The uncle of Lady India.
(d) A patron of the arts.

7. Who owns the estate where this play is set?
(a) Romainville.
(b) Messerschmann.
(c) Madame Desmortes.
(d) Hugo.

8. 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.

9. What is the birth order of the twins?
(a) Hugo is twenty minutes younger.
(b) Hugo is ten minutes older.
(c) Hugo is twenty minutes older.
(d) Hugo is ten minutes younger.

10. What is Madame Desmortes' primary interest, regarding Isabelle?
(a) Her lineage.
(b) Her romantic past.
(c) Her age.
(d) Her wealth.

11. Who is in a wheelchair?
(a) Capulet.
(b) Messerschmann.
(c) Madame Desmortes.
(d) Romainville.

12. Romainville interrupts Hugo and Isabelle with what news?
(a) Isabelle's mother and Madame Desmortes are old childhood friends.
(b) Isabelle's mother and Capulet are old childhood friends.
(c) Capulet and Messerschmann are old childhood friends.
(d) A guest at the ball will eat only noodles.

13. What does Capulet promise to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Help to find love for Lady India.
(b) Help to forge a relationship between Isabelle and Hugo.
(c) Leave France.
(d) Marry Romainville.

14. What does the gardener intend to do with the shrubbery?
(a) Cut down the shrubbery.
(b) Sleep in the shrubbery.
(c) Set wolf traps in the shrubbery.
(d) Set mouse traps in the shrubbery.

15. Who is asked to help manage the guests at the ball?
(a) Diana.
(b) Capulet.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Hugo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugo want the guests at the ball to think?

2. In the first scene, what does Hugo ask Romainville to do?

3. Whose joke upsets Frederic?

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

5. Who invited the Messerschmanns to visit at the chateau?

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