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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. Who would need to approve a marriage between Tavy and Ann?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Judge.
(c) Guardian.
(d) Parents.

2. Who causes the secret to be kept?
(a) Violet.
(b) Tanner.
(c) Malone's father.
(d) Malone.

3. Byron is better than which of the following?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Thoreau.

4. Who is uniquely absent from the complicated actions of ordinary men and women?
(a) Artist.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) God.
(d) Man.

5. Who does Shaw credit with following his own instincts?
(a) Sancho Panza.
(b) Dulcinea.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Don Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the would-be suitor lack?

2. Literature often focuses on what aspect of a woman?

3. What is Malone's first name?

4. According to Tanner, marrying Ann would bring:

5. Most writers portray men as:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ana become upset with her father?

2. What is Ann's excuse for refusing Tavy's proposal a second time?

3. What is Tanner's excuse for attempting to withdraw the invitation? How does Ann react?

4. What is the news delivered by Tavy?

5. What does Mendoza say that makes Henry so angry?

6. Name at least one main theme in Act 4.

7. What is Shaw's opinion regarding famed writers Byron, Wordsworth and Shelley?

8. What is implied by Tanner's inaction in denying Ann's announcement of marriage?

9. Why did Shaw feel the need to modernize the play?

10. What hopes did Whitefield have for Robinson?

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