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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. In what type of lifestyle does Sir Peter decide that he will allow his wife, Lady Teazle to live?
(a) Carefree.
(b) Independent.
(c) Dependent.
(d) Structured.

2. What is it that everyone is always eager to hear as mentioned in the prologue of the play?
(a) Secular music.
(b) Bad reports and gossip about people.
(c) Good news about people.
(d) The sound of money jingling in a pocket.

3. According to Sir Oliver, who would be the best person to judge his nephew, Charles Surface's character?
(a) His schoolmaster.
(b) Sir Oliver himself.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) His clergyman.

4. What does Joseph want Lady Teazle to do?
(a) To encourage Sir Peter to give him a job.
(b) To adopt his orphaned niece.
(c) To teach him to speak French.
(d) To go to his house for a tryst.

5. What is the benefit of looking beneath the surface, according to the speaker of "A Portrait"?
(a) One can find the true worth of people.
(b) One may find gold.
(c) One should never look beneath the surface.
(d) One may find their watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose words are used in the prologue to the play?

2. Who receives a few lines of a letter to use in the assassination of someone's reputation?

3. What novel is alluded to in the Prologue?

4. Whom does David Garrick address?

5. What is the one item that Charles is not willing to sell at any cost?

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