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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sir Sampson in a hurry to get the deed legalized?
(a) because Benjamin demanded the papers be put through
(b) because Benjamin arrives home tonight to settle the inheritance
(c) because Valentine is hatching a new plan
(d) because Valentine might reconsider

2. Who is Benjamin Sampson promised to?
(a) Angelica
(b) Valenine's former lover in the city
(c) The nurse
(d) Miss Prue

3. Who is Valentine's best friend?
(a) Scandal
(b) Jeremy
(c) Mrs. Frail
(d) Tattle

4. What word best describes the seduction of Miss Prue?
(a) scheming
(b) obvious
(c) untimely
(d) appropriate

5. Why does Mrs. Frail want Benjamin all to herself?
(a) because of his ravishing good looks
(b) because of his kindness
(c) because of his inheritance
(d) because of his kind demeanour

6. How does Trapland respond to Scandal's attempt to dissuade him?
(a) Trapland stays yet he is uninvited
(b) Trapland asks to speak with Valentine's father
(c) Trapland leaves
(d) Trapland drafts a legal document

7. What does Valentine's father hope will happen once the debts are paid?
(a) Valentine will be able to publish his poetry
(b) Valentine's honor will be restored
(c) Valentine will become a better father
(d) Valentine will win the affections of Angelica

8. What kind of expert does Foresight imagine himself to be?
(a) a medical expert
(b) a legal expert
(c) an educational expert
(d) an astrological expert

9. What does the deed that Sir Sampson arrives with insure?
(a) gives the property and family power to Benjamin
(b) gives Benjamin his inheritance and relinquishes liability
(c) gives the property and family power to Valentine
(d) gives Valentine his inheritance and relinquishes liability

10. Who is Miss Prue engaged to?
(a) Valentine
(b) Scandal
(c) Tattle
(d) Benjamin

11. What s the name of the creditor who is most adamant about being paid?
(a) the nurse
(b) Trapland
(c) Mrs. Frail
(d) Tattle

12. What is the best character description for Mrs. Foresight?
(a) out of touch
(b) brilliant
(c) lazy
(d) quick

13. How much money has Valentine's father offered him to sign over his inheritance to Benjamin?
(a) three thousand pounds
(b) five thousand pounds
(c) four thousand pounds
(d) ten thousand pounds

14. Who does Mr. Tattle seduce?
(a) Miss Prue
(b) Mrs. Foresight
(c) Angelica
(d) Mrs. Frail

15. Who does Valentine ask to get more information about Angelica?
(a) Mrs. Frail and Mrs. Foresight
(b) Mrs. Foresight and Jeremy
(c) Mrs. Frail and Miss Prue
(d) Jeremy and Mrs. Frail

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Valentine's father made a similar offer of payment?

2. What has Valentine done with all his money?

3. Why does Foresight chastise Angelica over her carriage ride?

4. What man does Valentine's father suggest he sign over his inheritance to for four thousand pounds?

5. Which character do Valentine and Scandal accuse Tattle of having intimate relations?

(see the answer keys)

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