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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who presents Suzanne with flowers in honor of her wedding?
(a) a group of maidens.
(b) the Countess and Fanchette.
(c) a group of peasant girls.
(d) Marceline.

2. What are the Count and Figaro essentially out to do?
(a) fool each other and relinquish control.
(b) fool each other and gain control.
(c) upstage each other and relinquish control.
(d) upstage each other and gain control.

3. Who is the defendant?
(a) Figaro.
(b) the Count.
(c) Marceline.
(d) the Countess.

4. Who is the plaintiff?
(a) Marceline.
(b) Figaro.
(c) the Countess.
(d) Fanchette.

5. Who does the Countess pretend to be as she waits for the Count?
(a) Fanchette.
(b) Marceline.
(c) Suzanne.
(d) Figaro.

6. Who is left alone in the courtroom?
(a) Fanchette.
(b) Bris-Oisin.
(c) Bartholo.
(d) the Count.

7. What does Suzanne believe the Count will do during court?
(a) decide against Figaro.
(b) decide in Figaro's favor.
(c) punish Figaro.
(d) fool Suzanne.

8. Where do the men hide as Figaro speaks in soliloquy about how he feels betrayed?
(a) in the castle.
(b) among the flowers.
(c) in the pavilion.
(d) among the trees.

9. What do Figaro and Suzanne talk about when they are finally alone together in the room where they are to be married?
(a) the Countess' support.
(b) the events of the courtroom.
(c) the Count's temper.
(d) how much they love each other.

10. Who does Cherubin realize he kisses instead of "Suzanne"?
(a) Figaro.
(b) the Countess.
(c) the Count.
(d) Marceline.

11. What does Bartholo concede the language will be in the letter?
(a) not.
(b) or.
(c) and.
(d) then.

12. Who does Figaro see when he first arrives on the castle grounds?
(a) Fanchette.
(b) Marceline.
(c) Suzanne.
(d) the Countess.

13. What does the Count try to do but Suzanne says that someone is coming?
(a) ask Suzanne to forgive him.
(b) ask Suzanne to marry him.
(c) kiss Suzanne.
(d) hug Suzanne.

14. Who reads the letter aloud?
(a) Figaro.
(b) the judge.
(c) Bartholo.
(d) the Count.

15. Who begins to court the Countess thinking she is Suzanne, just as the Count is approaching?
(a) Figaro.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Cherubin.
(d) Bartholo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Figaro respond when the Count and Countess confront him about knowing Cherubin jumped out the window?

2. What does the Count offer "Suzanne" to seal their relationship?

3. What does Marceline reveal?

4. What is Figaro's explanation to the Count as to why he's taken so long to arrive?

5. How does everyone react to the news from Marceline and Bartholo?

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