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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Hugo want Isabelle to stay?
(a) At the chateau.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) At her home.
(d) In Paris.

5. What does Capulet pretend to forget so she can return to the conservatory?
(a) Her gloves.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Her boa.
(d) The guest list.

6. What is a characters' sarcastic complaint when she is waiting to see the guest list?
(a) She might as well have asked to have the chateau rebuilt.
(b) She might as well have asked to have snow in summer.
(c) She might as well have asked to have the lake restocked with carp.
(d) She might as well have asked to have the rhododendrons replaced.

7. What does the gardener intend to do with the shrubbery?
(a) Cut down the shrubbery.
(b) Set wolf traps in the shrubbery.
(c) Set mouse traps in the shrubbery.
(d) Sleep in the shrubbery.

8. What does Hugo tell Isabelle about Diana?
(a) Diana is secretly married.
(b) Diana loves Hugo as much as she is capable of loving anyone.
(c) Diana is his sister.
(d) Diana loves Frederic as much as she is capable of loving anyone.

9. When Frederic appears, what does he ask Joshua?
(a) If Lady India has left the chateau.
(b) If Diana has come down from her room.
(c) If Lady India has come down from her room.
(d) If Diana has left the chateau.

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

11. What does Isabelle's mother say she told Capulet?
(a) That Hugo loves Isabelle.
(b) That Isabelle loves Romainville.
(c) That Frederic loves Isabelle.
(d) That Isabelle loves Frederic.

12. The play takes place in what sort of room?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Library.
(c) Ballroom.
(d) Conservatory.

13. Who is Romainville?
(a) The uncle of Lady India.
(b) The brother of Madame Desmortes.
(c) The uncle of Diana.
(d) A patron of the arts.

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

15. Who confirms that no one suspects Hugo's plan?
(a) Madame Desmortes.
(b) Diana.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Frederic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugo want Isabelle to do/be at the event taking place at the chateau?

2. What does Capulet promise to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What will be Isabelle's reward for doing as Hugo requests regarding the event at the chateau?

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

5. Why does Hugo believe he is a better match for Diana than Frederic?

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