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

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

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

4. Who invited the Messerschmanns to visit at the chateau?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Lady India.
(c) Frederic.
(d) Patrice.

5. Who does Madame Desmortes question about Isabelle?
(a) Isabelle's mother.
(b) Messerschmann.
(c) Isabelle's daughter.
(d) Romainville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hugo want Isabelle to stay?

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

3. What is Madame Desmortes' opinion of Diana?

4. Which character is well known for pranks?

5. Which character has an unusual diet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Diana's frustration with Hugo in Act 2.

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

3. Why does Messerschmann attempt to pay Isabelle to leave the chateau?

4. Why does Isabelle's mother refuse to leave the chateau with Isabelle after her hopes for romance with Hugo have been dashed?

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

6. How does the conservatory differ at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2, as compared to Scene 1?

7. Why does Madame Desmortes question Romainville about Isabelle's lineage, and what answer does she receive?

8. What Biblical story does Messerschmann share with Joshua, and why?

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

10. Why is Madame Desmortes worried about the appearance of impropriety regarding Messerschmann's presence at her estate?

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