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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Oliver decide to do in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Pay off Charles's debts himself.
(b) Have an affair with Lady Teazle.
(c) Disinherit Charles.
(d) Marry Maria.

2. What type of objects does Charles Surface have available to sell?
(a) Fruits and vegetables.
(b) Fine gold jewelry.
(c) Family heirlooms.
(d) Family portraits.

3. How does Sir Oliver feel about Charles refusing to sell a particular portrait?
(a) Insulted.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Angry.
(d) Appreciative.

4. What do the Surface brothers, Joseph and Charles disagree about in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) Who should receive Sir Oliver's inheritance.
(b) Whom Maria really loves.
(c) Sir Oliver's real name.
(d) Whether Rowley is really trustworthy.

5. Who is the protagonist of The School for Scandal?
(a) Sir Peter Teazle.
(b) Joseph Surface.
(c) Charles Surface.
(d) Lady Sneerwell.

6. Everyone at the table can be considered as which of the following?
(a) Intellectual and scholarly.
(b) Greedy and miserly.
(c) Drunk and obnoxious.
(d) Incommunicative and boring.

7. What does Sir Oliver prove himself to be?
(a) A friend to Sir Peter.
(b) A greedy miser.
(c) A bad uncle.
(d) A good judge of character.

8. Who does Trip announce in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Mr. Premium and Mr. Moses.
(b) Lady Sneerwell.
(c) Sir Peter.
(d) Sir Oliver.

9. Who is the recipient of one hundred pounds from Charles following the auction?
(a) Rowley.
(b) Snake.
(c) Miss Clackitt.
(d) Stanley.

10. What does Trip appear to be learning from Charles Surface?
(a) Bad habits about money management.
(b) The art of painting.
(c) How to be more sociable.
(d) Gossiping techniques.

11. Who reveals to Charles and Joseph who Sir Oliver really is?
(a) Rowley.
(b) Snake.
(c) Mr. Moses.
(d) Sir Peter.

12. What does Sir Peter project to Joseph will be the cause of his loss of Lady Teazle?
(a) His age.
(b) His weight.
(c) His dwindling fortune.
(d) His lack of intelligence.

13. Who is Sir Oliver pretending to be at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Sir Peter.
(c) Mr. Moses.
(d) Mr. Premium.

14. What is Sir Oliver able to find in Charles?
(a) A confidante.
(b) The good in him.
(c) A great assistant.
(d) A sense of humor.

15. Why does Charles refuse to agree to Sir Oliver's offer on a portrait?
(a) Because Sir Oliver might be offended.
(b) Because he is too proud.
(c) Because he is stubborn.
(d) Because Sir Oliver was very good to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Moses ask Trip to provide?

2. In essence, what does Trip offer Mr. Moses?

3. What does Sir Peter do when he spots Mrs. Candour, Lady Sneerwell, Backbite, and Crabtree at his house?

4. What does Sir Peter decide to do about his suspicions about Lady Teazle?

5. What does Sir Peter suspect about Lady Teazle?

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