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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is about to take place at the chateau?
(a) A ball.
(b) A ballet.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A funeral.

2. What is the first topic of conversation in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Money.
(b) Affairs of the heart.
(c) Frederic's odd sleeping habits.
(d) The upcoming ball.

3. What does Hugo want Isabelle to do/be at the event taking place at the chateau?
(a) Teach the other women how to dance.
(b) Be the most beautiful woman at the ball.
(c) Embarrass Lady India.
(d) Marry him.

4. Which two characters appear onstage first?
(a) Joshua and Frederic.
(b) Hugo and the gardener.
(c) Hugo and Frederic.
(d) Joshua and Hugo.

5. What does Hugo want the guests at the ball to think?
(a) That he is in love with two women.
(b) That he is in love with Isabelle.
(c) That he is in love with Lady India.
(d) That he is already married.

6. Who is in a wheelchair?
(a) Capulet.
(b) Madame Desmortes.
(c) Messerschmann.
(d) Romainville.

7. At the beginning of the play, which two characters are engaged?
(a) Frederic and Madame Desmortes.
(b) Hugo and Madame Desmortes.
(c) Hugo and Diana.
(d) Frederic and Diana.

8. Romainville interrupts Hugo and Isabelle with what news?
(a) A guest at the ball will eat only noodles.
(b) Capulet and Messerschmann are old childhood friends.
(c) Isabelle's mother and Capulet are old childhood friends.
(d) Isabelle's mother and Madame Desmortes are old childhood friends.

9. Who enters Act 1, Scene 2 with a guest list?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Madame Desmortes.
(c) Capulet.
(d) Diana.

10. Who do Hugo and Romainville discuss in the first scene?
(a) Diana.
(b) Frederic.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Joshua.

11. What is the topic of the joke that upsets Frederic?
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Social status.
(c) Confusing the twins' identities.
(d) Money.

12. Who travels with Isabelle?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her daughter.

13. Who first gives Isabelle instructions regarding her behavior at the ball?
(a) Madame Desmortes.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Diana.
(d) Frederic.

14. In whose honor is the ball being given?
(a) Diana.
(b) Lady India.
(c) Madame Desmortes.
(d) Isabelle.

15. Why does Isabelle apologize to Hugo in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) For being shy.
(b) For being late to the ball.
(c) For her mother's behavior.
(d) For being an unskilled dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isabelle is expected to make the guests believe what?

2. Who does Madame Desmortes encourage to dance in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Who sees Hugo's high potential for marriage?

4. Why does Romainville reluctantly agree to Hugo's scheme?

5. Where does Frederic sleep?

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