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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. What complaint does Mr. Smith have about women?
(a) They eat too much and drink too little.
(b) They spend all day smoking, powdering their noses and drinking.
(c) They spend all day playing golf and reading romance novels.
(d) They snore and sing in their sleep.

2. Why does Mr. Smith refuse to follow the advice he is given by the Fire Chief?
(a) He does not want tea.
(b) He cannot find the matches.
(c) He already kissed his wife.
(d) It is raining.

3. How long was the Fire Chief standing outside the house by the door?
(a) A day.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) Only a moment.

4. According to Mr. Smith, if a schoolmaster teaches his pupils to read, what does a cat do for its young?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Suckle them when they are small.
(c) Teach them to hunt.
(d) Sends them away.

5. Who is at the door when Mr. Smith opens it?
(a) No one.
(b) The Fire Chief.
(c) Mary.
(d) The Martins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary claim is her real name?

2. Why does Mrs. Smith kiss the Fire Chief?

3. Whom does Mr. Smith wish would marry his maid?

4. When boarding the train to London, how did Mr. Martin assist Mrs. Martin?

5. Why does the Fire Chief refuse to visit Mr. Durand?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the play parody English society?

2. What is the purpose of the meaningless banter among the characters?

3. What is the significance of the Martins beginning the play at the end of the drama?

4. How are nonsensical words used in the play?

5. How do Mary and the Fire Chief shock the Smiths and the Martins?

6. What is the significance of the mirror?

7. Describe Mrs. Smith.

8. What effect does the outcome of the play have on the characters?

9. Why are the Smiths angry with Mary when she announces the arrival of the Martins?

10. How is repetition used as a literary device?

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