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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 will Valentine do to win the love of Angelica?
(a) take a job
(b) publish his poetry
(c) relinquish his inheritance
(d) become a novelist

2. What profession does Valentine hope to take on to earn a living?
(a) becoming a teacher
(b) becoming a writer
(c) becoming a doctor
(d) becoming a lawyer

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

4. Where does Miss Prue come from?
(a) Paris
(b) the country
(c) London
(d) church

5. Why has the nurse come knocking on Valentine's door?
(a) to collect money for laundry services
(b) to collect money for the care of Valentine's illigitimate child
(c) to collect money for sleeping medications
(d) to collect money for curing Valentine of a venereal disease

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the character that is plotting to separate Benjamin and Miss Prue for her own gain?

3. Who are the people that come knocking on Valentine's door and demand attention?

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

5. Why does Mrs. Foresight chastise Mrs. Frail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Scandal.

2. What happens when Ben and Miss Prue get acquainted?

3. Describe why Mrs. Foresight is motivated to declare her intentions for Sir Sampson.

4. Why does Sir Sampson arrive with the lawyer, Buckram, at Valentine's home?

5. What does Sampson discuss with Foresight regarding "something of equal value" as related to his son, Valentine?

6. What are Jeremy and Scandal testing Valentine for at the beginning of Act 4?

7. How does Miss Prue react to the harsh words of Tattle?

8. Why does Angelica consider herself fortunate?

9. Describe Mrs. Foresight's "trick".

10. Discuss how Angelica gets Valentine to sign the deed of conveyance.

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