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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Isabelle reveal to the wrong twin?
(a) She loves Romainville.
(b) Her true identity.
(c) She loves Hugo.
(d) Her lack of money.

2. In Act 2, what does Hugo ask Patrice to do?
(a) Pose as a suitor of Diana's.
(b) Throw Diana in the lake.
(c) Throw Isabelle in the lake.
(d) Pose as a suitor of Isabelle's.

3. What does the author call his play?
(a) An allegory with music.
(b) An allegory with twins.
(c) A charade with twins.
(d) A charade with music.

4. What does Diana want Hugo to admit in Act 2?
(a) That he does not know how to dance.
(b) That he saw her in the park yesterday and did not wave.
(c) That he sneaked up on her in the park yesterday.
(d) That he is really poor.

5. What is Patrice worried about in Act 2?
(a) Messerschmann might discover his affair with Lady India.
(b) Lady India might fall in love with one of the twins.
(c) Frederic might not marry Diana.
(d) Frederic might marry Diana.

6. Which twin is confident with women?
(a) Frederic.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Romainville.
(d) Joshua.

7. Why is Isabelle upset by Hugo's announcement at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) She will be embarrassed if he reveals her true identity.
(b) She wants people to know her true identity.
(c) She does not want her mother to know about Hugo's plan.
(d) She does not want the ball to end.

8. What does Messerschmann plan to do after committing financial suicide?
(a) Return to his native country and become a builder.
(b) Stay in France and become a tailor.
(c) Return to his native country and become a tailor.
(d) Stay in France and become a builder.

9. For what does Isabelle chastise the wrong twin?
(a) His indecision.
(b) His lack of dancing skills.
(c) His dietary habits.
(d) His wicked plan.

10. What does Messerschmann come to understand through Isabelle?
(a) Isabelle's love for him.
(b) Isabelle's love of money.
(c) Hugo's plan.
(d) The negative power of money.

11. What does Joshua say regarding the actions of Patrice and Lady India?
(a) They are secretly married.
(b) They have danced their way upstairs.
(c) They are not good dancers.
(d) They have gone to the park.

12. What does Isabelle declare to Frederic at the ball?
(a) She feels ill.
(b) She is married.
(c) That she loves him, not Hugo.
(d) She is leaving the ball.

13. Who kisses Isabelle?
(a) Romainville.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Patrice.
(d) Joshua.

14. Who controls the pig iron industry?
(a) Romainville.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Madame Desmortes.
(d) Messerschmann.

15. One character complains about what at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Her dress.
(b) Her frustration in love.
(c) Money.
(d) Her advanced age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hides in a trellis?

2. With what information does Hugo blackmail Patrice?

3. What does Hugo plan to do with the new suitor for Isabelle?

4. What is Madame Desmortes' opinion of the ball?

5. What secret does Capulet ultimately reveal in Act 2?

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