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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. How has the scenery changed from Scene 1 to Scene 2?
(a) A storm is visible through the windows.
(b) This scene takes place in the ballroom.
(c) The room has been vandalized.
(d) Decorations have been added in preparation for the ball.

2. With whom does Messerschmann make his first entrance?
(a) Romainville.
(b) Madame Desmortes.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Diana.

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

4. Who owns the estate where this play is set?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Messerschmann.
(c) Madame Desmortes.
(d) Romainville.

5. How does Madame Desmortes react to Hugo's secret?
(a) She threatens to throw people out of the chateau.
(b) She threatens to cancel the ball.
(c) She finds it hard to believe.
(d) She already knew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hugo want Isabelle to stay?

2. Who is in a wheelchair?

3. Which character has an unusual diet?

4. Who enters Act 1, Scene 2 with a guest list?

5. Of what is Isabelle afraid in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Patrice challenge Hugo to a duel?

2. Why is Isabelle sad, after she and Messerschmann tear up his ready cash?

3. How do the romantic schemes of Madame Desmortes ultimately play out?

4. What romantic intrigue does Capulet reveal to Madame Desmortes?

5. What does the gardener threaten to do regarding the rhododendrons, and why?

6. Why doesn't Madame Desmortes approve of the engagement between Frederic and Diana? How does Hugo try to reassure her?

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

8. How does Joshua respond to Messerschmann's biblical story?

9. Describe the setting of "Ring around the Moon."

10. Describe the relationship between Romainville and Isabelle.

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