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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. Who comes to visit Kate as she is contemplating the evening and meeting Marlow?
(a) Tony Lumpkin, her stepbrother.
(b) Constance Neville, her best friend.
(c) Mrs. Hardcastle wanting to know what her husband told Kate.
(d) The maid with a glass of milk.

2. What does Tony tell Marlow and Hastings about the owner of the inn?
(a) He tells them that the owner is away and there are imposters in the inn.
(b) He says that he is closing the inn and fancies himself a country gentleman.
(c) He tells them that the old man loves to play tricks on his guests.
(d) He tells them that the old man is a lunatic.

3. As the play opens, who are the two characters who enter from the right?
(a) The maid and Mrs. Hardcastle
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
(c) Marlow and Hastings
(d) Kate and Marlow

4. What does Mr. Hardcastle tell his wife when she suggests that Tony is consumptive.
(a) Yes, if growing fat is one of the symptoms.
(b) No, wife, his clothes are too large for him.
(c) No, my dear, he's just in love.
(d) Yes, but he won't see a doctor.

5. Who does Mrs. Hardcastle dote on?
(a) Kate, Mr. Hardcastle's daughter.
(b) Young Marlow, Sir Charles Marlow's son.
(c) Tony Lumpkin, her son by her late first husband.
(d) Miss Neville, Mrs. Hardcastle's niece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion is made that the landlady might do?

2. What does Mrs. Hardcastle say their mansion looks like?

3. What comment does Mr. Hardcastle make to his daughter, Kate, seeing her dressed in the latest fashion.

4. When Marlow and Hastings enter the Three Pigeons, Marlow is complaining about the distance they came. What does Hastings say?

5. Anxious to be off, what does Marlow ask Tony?

(see the answer key)

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