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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of store does Mr. Vandergelder run?
(a) Hay, feed, and provision.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Tools and automobiles.
(d) Sundries.

2. What does Mr. Vandergelder do to avoid lending money to Mrs. Levi?
(a) Leaves the room.
(b) Pretends to lose his hearing.
(c) Fakes a fit of coughing and sneezing.
(d) Gives her counterfeit bills.

3. How old does Mr. Vandergelder think Cornelius is?
(a) Forty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty-three.

4. What type of transportation does Mr. Vandergelder own?
(a) A buggy.
(b) A station wagon.
(c) A Porsche.
(d) A bicycle.

5. Yonkers is how many miles north of New York City?
(a) 1.
(b) 35.
(c) 15.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, what does Ambrose ask Ermengarde to do?

2. When do Mrs. Levi and Mr. Vandergelder plan to meet outside Mrs. Malloy's store?

3. Mrs. Levi tells Mr. Vandergelder she will be rich if she does what?

4. What does Mr. Vandergelder smoke at the beginning of the play?

5. In Act 1, how does Joe call Cornelius?

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