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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Act 2, Scenes 8-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As soon as the members of the company discover that Nicholas is a playwright, what do they do?
(a) Start asking him which parts they will be play in the new play.
(b) Want his autograph.
(c) Begin to ignore him.
(d) Ask about auditions for his plays.

2. Ignoring Kate's discomfort, Hawk and Verisopht joke about what?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Their taste in women.
(c) Her presence almost makes the extra interest Ralph is charging them worthwhile.
(d) Alcohol and other vile habits.

3. At the moment Kate left Ralph's, Ralph saw a resemblance to whom, in Kate's face?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A kind woman.
(c) His father.
(d) His dead younger brother, Kate's father.

4. Why does Nicholas travel through the poorest and most degraded section of London?
(a) To see what life is like in this section of London.
(b) To help the poor.
(c) He is lost.
(d) To complete his errand for the Cheerybles.

5. What does Mr. Lillyvick do when Mr. Kenwigs desperately pleads with him to stay?
(a) He decides to stay.
(b) He asks for a favor of Mr. Kenwigs.
(c) He leaves.
(d) He cannot make up his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smike say to Nicholas when he comes across him on a road to London?

2. What do the boys do when they see this scene?

3. Who is the owner of Kate's new place of work?

4. What, again, upsets Fanny soon after she happily embraces Tilda?

5. What does John Bowdie do when Nicholas encounters him in the countryside near Dotheboys?

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