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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Sir Oliver, Sir Peter, and Rowley hatch a plan?
(a) To catch Lady Teazle cheating on her husband.
(b) To trick Sir Peter.
(c) They do not hatch a plan.
(d) To allow Sir Oliver to judge Charles and Joseph on their relative merits.

2. When Sir Peter leaves the gossipers' gathering at the home of Lady Sneerwell, what does he claim to have left behind?
(a) His character.
(b) His amusement.
(c) His pocket watch.
(d) His spectacles.

3. Who desperately wants to be a suitor to Maria?
(a) Uncle Crabtree.
(b) Peter Teazle.
(c) Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Joseph Surface.

4. How does Sir Oliver feel after the auction?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Disdainful.
(d) Angry.

5. What does the subject turn to early in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Lady Teazle's affair with Joseph.
(b) Sir Peter's estrangement from Charles Surface.
(c) The subject does not change in Act 2, Scene 3.
(d) Charles's poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sir Oliver feels that Charles could have placated his creditors by doing which of the following?

2. What are the men doing at the table when Mr. Moses and Sir Oliver enter at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 3?

3. What is Charles doing as he sits at the table in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. What are Charles' creditors willing to wait to do?

5. How does Joseph respond to Sir Oliver's request for money?

(see the answer key)

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