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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Valentine in danger of going if he does not devise a plan?
(a) to court
(b) back to work
(c) debtor's prison
(d) back to school

2. Which character do the older women want to be free of commitment?
(a) Mr. Foresight
(b) Valentine
(c) Benjamin
(d) Mr. Tattle

3. How many times has Valentine's father made a similar offer of payment?
(a) twice before
(b) once before
(c) multiple times before
(d) never

4. What news does Mrs. Frail announce when she arrives at Valentine's door?
(a) Trapland has filed a formal accusation against Valentine
(b) Valentine's father is suffering from ill health
(c) Scandal is in dire financial straights
(d) Benjamin has returned from sea

5. What does Mrs. Frail associate most with marriage?
(a) security
(b) a home
(c) happiness
(d) pleasure

6. Which character do Valentine and Scandal accuse Tattle of having intimate relations?
(a) Mrs. Foresight
(b) the nurse
(c) Mrs. Frail
(d) Angelica

7. What is the best character description for Miss Prue?
(a) sensitive
(b) spoiled
(c) cunning
(d) naive

8. What is the name of the character that is plotting to separate Benjamin and Miss Prue for her own gain?
(a) the nurse
(b) Mrs. Frail
(c) Angelica
(d) Mrs. Foresight

9. Why does Mrs. Frail need to find a husband?
(a) to cure her depression
(b) for children
(c) for love
(d) for support

10. Why does Mrs. Foresight chastise Mrs. Frail?
(a) for the overbearing tone in her voice
(b) for her overweight frame
(c) for her poor choice in wardrobe
(d) for her indiscriminate behavior in public

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

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

13. What has Valentine done with all his money?
(a) purchased real estate
(b) doubled it in a game of chance
(c) squandered it on women and entertainment
(d) bought a bride

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would the two older women like to encourage Miss Prue to have a relationship with instead of Benjamin?

2. What does Tattle do incessantly?

3. What does the deed that Sir Sampson arrives with insure?

4. What word best describes the seduction of Miss Prue?

5. Why does Angelica ask to use her uncle's carriage?

(see the answer keys)

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