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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Romainville hide Isabelle's mother?
(a) To conceal her from her daughter.
(b) To conceal her from Madame Desmortes.
(c) To conceal her from her husband.
(d) To conceal her from Hugo.

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

3. What does Capulet promise to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Help to find love for Lady India.
(b) Help to forge a relationship between Isabelle and Hugo.
(c) Marry Romainville.
(d) Leave France.

4. What excuse does Romainville give for inviting Isabelle to stay in a local inn?
(a) Supporting the arts.
(b) She is his daughter.
(c) She is poor.
(d) She is his niece.

5. What secret does Hugo reveal to Madame Desmortes?
(a) Diana and Messerschmann are having an affair.
(b) Diana and Hugo are having an affair.
(c) Lady India and Messerschmann are having an affair.
(d) Lady India and Joshua are having an affair.

6. Whose joke upsets Frederic?
(a) Diana's.
(b) Madame Desmortes'.
(c) Hugo's.
(d) Joshua's.

7. Romainville hides Isabelle's mother where?
(a) Behind a trellis.
(b) In the rhododendrons.
(c) Behind a chair.
(d) Behind a drapery.

8. What will be Isabelle's reward for doing as Hugo requests regarding the event at the chateau?
(a) She will be adopted by Madame Desmortes.
(b) She will marry Hugo.
(c) She will obtain a role in an upcoming ballet.
(d) She will be paid and she can keep her ball gown.

9. What is Madame Desmortes' primary interest, regarding Isabelle?
(a) Her lineage.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her wealth.
(d) Her romantic past.

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

11. Which character has an unusual diet?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Madame Desmortes.
(c) Messerschmann.
(d) Patrice.

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

13. What is unusual about one character's diet?
(a) The diet consists of noodles with salt but no butter.
(b) The diet consists of noodles smothered in butter and salt.
(c) The diet consists of noodles with butter but no salt.
(d) The diet consists of nothing but noodles, with no butter or salt.

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

15. What secret is shared by Patrice and Lady India?
(a) They are engaged.
(b) They are impoverished.
(c) They are having an affair.
(d) They are plotting a murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who travels with Isabelle?

2. In the first scene, what does Hugo ask Romainville to do?

3. Who is Joshua?

4. Romainville convinces Madame Desmortes of what, regarding Isabelle?

5. Who do Hugo and Romainville discuss in the first scene?

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