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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Oliver decide to pay off following the portrait auction?
(a) Charles' debts.
(b) Rowley's debts.
(c) Miss Clackitt's house.
(d) Mrs. Candour's debts.

2. To whom does Sir Peter attribute much of Lady Teazle's shrewish behavior?
(a) Crabtree.
(b) Rowley.
(c) Maria.
(d) Lady Sneerwell.

3. What does Rowley want to prevent Sir Peter from learning?
(a) That Lady Teazle is having an affair with Joseph.
(b) That Charles is in love with Lady Teazle.
(c) That Rowley has told Sir Oliver about his marital strife.
(d) That Maria is engaged to Charles.

4. Who is the protagonist of The School for Scandal?
(a) Sir Peter Teazle.
(b) Charles Surface.
(c) Joseph Surface.
(d) Lady Sneerwell.

5. Whom does Sir Peter tell about his problems with Lady Teazle?
(a) Rowley.
(b) Maria.
(c) John Crewe.
(d) Snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sir Oliver determine the worth of a man?

2. Who enters the gossipers' gathering at Lady Sneerwell's with Lady Teazle?

3. Which portrait does Charles refuse to sell?

4. Who does Trip announce in Act 3, Scene 3?

5. How do people usually judge others, according to the speaker of "A Portrait"?

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