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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David think about honor?
(a) That it is very important.
(b) That it is no good in the grave.
(c) That his master has no honor.
(d) That he has none.

2. Who intervened in Lydia's affairs with Beverly?
(a) Mrs. Malaprop.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Jack.
(d) Her Unlce.

3. What was occurring in English culture and literature as Sheridan wrote the play?
(a) When Sheridan wrote THE RIVALS, there was great debate about what type of drama should fill the English stage.
(b) A new styles or wiriting plays.
(c) The fashions and styles.
(d) The Black Plague totally killed the evolution of culture.

4. What movement was Sheridan a part of?
(a) Shakespeare's time.
(b) to re-establish the Comedy of Manners as an acceptable and welcomed form of entertainment.
(c) The Resistance.
(d) The Renaissance.

5. What else does Acres ask of Jack?
(a) Jack's opinion on his new clothes.
(b) For him to be his second in the duel.
(c) For him to be a great friend.
(d) For Jack to get him a new outfit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was Sheridan familiar with courting practices of the time?

2. Who is Sir Lucius looking for?

3. How do the women stop the fight?

4. What had Acres not considered concerning the duel?

5. What does Julia discuss in the second part of the prologue?

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