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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. How is Miss Van H. described?
(a) Twenty and troubled.
(b) Fifty and florid.
(c) Forty and fabulous.
(d) Thirty and thrilled.

2. In Act 4, who do the real Ermengarde and Ambrose pretend to be?
(a) Ermengarde and Barnaby.
(b) Ermengarde and Cornelius.
(c) Mrs. Levi and Mrs. Malloy.
(d) Ermengarde and Mr. Vandergelder.

3. Why does Cornelius knock over a table?
(a) To punctuate a joke.
(b) Mrs. Malloy tells him to.
(c) He does not like his dinner.
(d) He gets angry at Malachi.

4. What does Mrs. Malloy want to give to Minnie's hair?
(a) Barrettes.
(b) Highlights.
(c) Braids.
(d) Horns.

5. For the young people, what is the only thing Miss Van H. cares about?
(a) They are good looking.
(b) They mind their manners.
(c) They are in love.
(d) They are so fashionable.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 4, whose clothes is Barnaby wearing?

2. What gift does Mr. Vandergelder still carry in Act 4?

3. Who does Mrs. Levi introduce to Miss Van H.?

4. What former weakness does Malachi confess to the audience?

5. What item falls out of Mrs. Levi's Bible and changes her?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the restaurant, what surprises Mrs. Malloy about Millie?

2. What does Miss Van H. offer to do Barnaby to prevent him from getting cold in the bath and why is this comedic?

3. Why does Miss Van H. want to help Cornelius?

4. What is Miss Van H.'s philosophy on life?

5. What surprising acts of kindness are demonstrated by Mr. Vandergelder at the end of Act 4?

6. Who is the second group to show up at Miss Van H.'s house and how does Miss Van H. treat them?

7. Why is Cornelius worried, upon taking Mrs. Malloy and Minnie out to dinner?

8. What type of seating arrangement does Mr. Vandergelder request at the restaurant, at the beginning of Act 3?

9. What actions show Miss Van H. to be an eccentric character?

10. Why does Barnaby protest the bath offered by Miss Van H.?

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