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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tanner, marrying Ann would bring:
(a) A lifetime of misery.
(b) Great riches.
(c) Unsurpassed joy.
(d) Heartache.

2. What does Tanner tease Henry about?
(a) Messiness.
(b) Nosiness.
(c) Cautiousness.
(d) Baseness.

3. What does the would-be suitor fear?
(a) Financial ruin.
(b) Death.
(c) Rejection.
(d) Acceptance.

4. What form of transportation does Violet use?
(a) Canoe.
(b) Horse.
(c) Cab.
(d) Airplane.

5. What is the solution to the pregnancy?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Celebration.
(d) Send the girl away.

6. What does Tanner offer Ann as incentive?
(a) A new car.
(b) A trip across Europe.
(c) A fur coat.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

7. Shaw says that women no longer ask for:
(a) Pity.
(b) Permission.
(c) Trifles.
(d) Forgiveness.

8. What is Malone's first name?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Humperdinck.
(c) Hubris.
(d) Hector.

9. Who is credited with having written the first Don Juan?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Byron.
(c) Cervantes.
(d) de Molina.

10. What is the difference between the secretly wed couple?
(a) Social status.
(b) Aspirations.
(c) Financial status.
(d) Education.

11. Shaw does not believe one of the following is a great writer:
(a) Joyce.
(b) Keats.
(c) Byron.
(d) Shakespeare.

12. One of the characters compares marriage to which of the following?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Ox and yoke.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Blisters.

13. What item is in question?
(a) Honor.
(b) Paternity.
(c) Deed.
(d) Will.

14. How do visitors arrive?
(a) On foot.
(b) On horseback.
(c) In a carriage.
(d) By car.

15. Shaw points out that relationships are often affected by:
(a) Money.
(b) Character.
(c) Temperment.
(d) Geography.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Shaw, Ann is not afraid to compromise in which area?

2. Who does Shaw credit with following his own instincts?

3. Whose dowry might be at stake?

4. Which adjective best suits Ramsden?

5. Who works on Tanner's automobile?

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