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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food item has Mistress Allwit been craving since her pregnancy?

2. Where are the Promoters searching for villagers?

3. Which village worker does Allwit lie to and tell the promoters he is searching for?

4. As she is taken away, when does Moll think will be the next time she will see Touchwood Junior?

5. Which of Sir Walter's relatives is set to marry Yellowhammer's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the secret meeting between Touchwood Junior and Moll interrupted?

2. What confessions does the Welsh gentlewoman make to Tim after the pair is married?

3. How does Sir Walter react to the news that Moll has tried to escape and that their impeding marriage has been bumped up in the schedule?

4. What lie must Sir Walter tell to Moll's family in order for the arranged marriages to proceed?

5. What happens when Tim meets his fiancé for the first time and they are both speaking in different languages?

6. How much does Sir Oliver promise to pay Touchwood Senior, and for what events?

7. How does Allwit prepare for his daughter's christening?

8. How does Allwit feel about the birth of his new baby?

9. How do those around him treat Allwit in response to his agreement with Sir Walter?

10. Who is selected as the godparents to Allwit's new baby, and how are they selected?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although they are in the play for only one scene, the Promoters do a great deal to help set the tone of the play. Briefly describe the physicality and purpose of the promoters, and then explain how their presence altered the tone of the play. What effect does their presence have on the characters of the play?

Essay Topic 2

When Tim arrives home, he acts very pompously with his education. Describe the conversation that Tim gets into with his tutor about logic, and his mother's reaction to this conversation. Explain how Tim is forced to eat his words at the end of this play, and what his reaction to this turn of events is.

Essay Topic 3

The practice of arranged marriage is extremely popular at the setting of this play. Explain what two arranged marriages were addressed in this play, what the reaction to the arranged marriage was, and what the outcome of each of the arranged marriages turned out to be.

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