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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the audience advised not to do as a presentation of "The School for Scandal and Other Plays" is about to begin?
(a) Applaud between scenes.
(b) Smoke in the playhouse.
(c) Create or listen to tales of scandal about others.
(d) Share the storyline with anyone who has not seen the play.

2. What does Sir Oliver plan to do when he meets with Charles?
(a) Disinherit him.
(b) He does not plan to meet Charles.
(c) Loan him money.
(d) Impersonate a money-lender, Mr. Premium.

3. To whom does Sir Peter attribute much of Lady Teazle's shrewish behavior?
(a) Rowley.
(b) Crabtree.
(c) Maria.
(d) Lady Sneerwell.

4. Who does Rowley believe Lady Teazle has her eye on?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Charles.
(c) Rowley.
(d) Sir Oliver.

5. What recent success do Lady Sneerwell and Snake discuss at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Their success in assassinating someone's character.
(b) Their relationship.
(c) A real estate investment.
(d) Sir Oliver Surface's return.

6. How does Maria feel about Charles, according to Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) She is jealous of his friendship with Lady Teazle.
(b) She thinks of him as a close friend.
(c) She no longer loves him.
(d) She insists on her love and her judgment of his worth.

7. What does Joseph want Lady Teazle to do?
(a) To go to his house for a tryst.
(b) To teach him to speak French.
(c) To adopt his orphaned niece.
(d) To encourage Sir Peter to give him a job.

8. To whom does Sir Peter attribute Lady Teazle's shrewish behavior?
(a) Lady Sneerwell.
(b) Snake.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Benjamin Backbite.

9. Who receives a few lines of a letter to use in the assassination of someone's reputation?
(a) Miss Clackitt.
(b) Benjamin Backbite.
(c) Maria.
(d) Mrs. Candour.

10. Which two cohorts are lauding themselves on account of their apparent success as character assassins as Act I opens?
(a) Lady Sneerwell and Crabtree.
(b) Maria and Crabtree.
(c) Snake and Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Lady Sneerwell and Snake.

11. Maria considers Lady Teazle to be which of the following types during her meeting with Joseph at the gossipers' gathering?
(a) A best friend.
(b) An intruder.
(c) A shy wallflower.
(d) A co-hostess to Lady Sneerwell.

12. Who does Sir Peter believe was too liberal with Charles?
(a) Sir Peter.
(b) Sir Oliver, Charles's uncle.
(c) Maria.
(d) Joseph.

13. The next character assassination project will involve which of the following activities?
(a) Breaking off affections Charles Surface and Lady Sneerwell.
(b) Breaking off affections between Lady Sneerwell and Benjamin Backbite.
(c) Breaking off affections between Charles Surface and Maria.
(d) Breaking off affections between Benjamin Backbite and Maria.

14. Who arrives to hear Sir Peter's troubles with Lady Teazle in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Charles.
(b) Rowley.
(c) Sir Peter.
(d) Joseph.

15. Who speaks in "A Portrait"?
(a) Lady Teazle.
(b) Garrick.
(c) Charles Surface.
(d) Sheridan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Sir Oliver used to sit around with and mock marriage?

2. Who does Rowley tell Sir Peter has returned from India toward the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How does Lady Teazle initially react to Sir Peter's attempt near the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

4. In Act 1, Scene 2, who claims that Charles is an upright young man?

5. What is the "Portrait" portion of a play written during this period supposed to give the audience prior to the beginning of a play presentation?

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