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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hardcastle is stunned by their rudeness but offers what service?
(a) To let them go to the kitchen and prepare their own supper.
(b) To send out for their supper.
(c) To feed them only bread and water.
(d) To alter anything on the menu.

2. Before offering to give directions to Marlow and Hastings, what does Tony want to know?
(a) If they have servants traveling with them.
(b) If they need to see Hardcastle right away.
(c) If they know where they are and how they got there.
(d) If they have an invitation to the Hardcastle mansion.

3. What is Marlow's plan for meeting Kate Hardcastle?
(a) Pretend to be very ill.
(b) Run away before she comes down.
(c) Bow low, say yes and no, and not look at her face.
(d) Pretend to be a valet servant.

4. What does Hardcastle say about the servants overhearing one of his funny stories?
(a) They must correct him if he gets parts of them wrong.
(b) They must not laugh out loud.
(c) They must not comment on how many times they have heard the story.
(d) They must laugh uproarously to get the guests laughing, too.

5. When Kate agrees to accept the young man if he asks for her hand, how does her father tease her?
(a) He says that the young man may be deformed in some way.
(b) He says that it's more than an even wager that he won't have her.
(c) He says that the young man might be mentally retarded.
(d) He says that as her father he might not give his consent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Constance say Marlow is?

2. What do Hastings and Marlow believe?

3. What is Mrs. Hardcastle's state of mind when she returns to the living room?

4. Left behind as Hardcastle and Marlow go to the bedrooms, who does Hastings see?

5. What happens when Hardcastle asks the servants about serving wine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Hardcastle training his servants?

2. Explain the hilarity when Mrs. Hardcastle discovers that the jewels are not where she left them.

3. How does the audience get a picture of Tony Lumpkin before he even enters the stage?

4. Why does Hastings insist that Constance continue the ruse that they are in an inn?

5. How do Marlow and Hastings treat Mr. Hardcastle at what they suppose is an inn?

6. When Mrs. Hardcastle sees Tony and Constance together, what does she assume?

7. Explain how the scene in the Three Pigeons is typical of an English pub.

8. Describe Tony Lumpkins' problem with his mother and Miss Neville.

9. Describe the landlord's reaction when Tony gives Marlow and Hastings directions to an inn which he calls Buck's Head.

10. How do we know that Kate is actually excited at the prospect of a handsome, well-mannered husband-to-be?

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