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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Isabelle etiquette lessons?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Frederic.
(c) Madame Desmortes.
(d) Romainville.

2. What is Madame Desmortes' opinion of Diana?
(a) She is too aggressive for mild-mannered Frederic.
(b) She is having an affair with Hugo.
(c) She is having an affair with Patrice.
(d) She is perfect for Frederic.

3. What does Hugo say in Act 1, Scene 2 are his feelings for Isabelle?
(a) He has no romantic intentions.
(b) He enjoys her sense of humor.
(c) He thinks she is too old for him.
(d) He dislikes her.

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

5. How does Romainville lure Isabelle's mother out of the conservatory?
(a) He asks her to dance.
(b) He pretends to be in love with her.
(c) He offers her some dinner.
(d) He promises her an unfettered view of the arriving carriages and guests.

Short Answer Questions

1. The play takes place in what sort of room?

2. Romainville interrupts Hugo and Isabelle with what news?

3. What does the gardener intend to do with the shrubbery?

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

5. What does Hugo want the guests at the ball to think?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Messerschmann intend to do toward the end of the play, now that he is presumably ruined financially?

2. How does Romainville convince Isabelle's mother to leave the conservatory in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. At the beginning of Act 2, why is Madame Desmortes distressed?

4. What do the fireworks at the end of the play symbolize?

5. After Hugo rescues Isabelle from the lake early in Act 3, Scene 2, what advice does Madame Desmortes give them?

6. Why does the playwright refer to this play as a "charade with music?"

7. Who is Countess Funela, and why is Joshua upset by her presence?

8. Describe the dispute between Isabelle and Diana at the beginning of Act 3.

9. Who does Hugo tell Isabelle that Diana loves? How does he elaborate on that statement?

10. How does Madame Desmortes introduce Countess Funela to Hugo?

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