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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Sir Oliver been spending his time?
(a) In Scotland.
(b) In India.
(c) In China.
(d) In Wales.

2. What does Lady Teazle believe that she deserves?
(a) A happy life.
(b) A good marriage with Sir Peter.
(c) Everything any other woman has and more.
(d) To be able to kick Maria out of their home.

3. Where are members of the audience for the play advised to look to find the true worth of an individual?
(a) In a lateral or even position.
(b) Local psychic's parlor.
(c) Over the top.
(d) Beneath the surface.

4. Whose arrival is announced to Sir Peter?
(a) Sir Oliver's.
(b) David Garrick's.
(c) Lady Candour's.
(d) John Crewe's.

5. Who does Sir Peter make a final complaint about his wife to in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Sir Oliver.
(b) The audience.
(c) Sheridan.
(d) Rowley.

6. In the prologue to the play, what is noted as not being necessary to bring into the world?
(a) More compassion.
(b) More misery.
(c) More population.
(d) More scandal.

7. What is the dedication often used to do?
(a) Honor the author.
(b) Honor some person.
(c) Judge someone.
(d) Make a political statement.

8. What does the playwright attempt to do with his writing of "The School for Scandal and Other Plays"?
(a) Get scandal under control.
(b) Entertain the masses.
(c) Encourage people to tolerate each other more.
(d) Attain wealth.

9. Act 2, Scene 1 illustrates that no matter what a man does to find a good wife, which of the following may occur?
(a) He may just find the type of woman he seeks.
(b) The wife whom he finds may turn out bad anyway.
(c) The wife whom he finds may turn out better than he ever expected.
(d) He may find that there are not any prospects suitable enough to marry.

10. What are two activities that Charles Surface is notorious for engaging in?
(a) Reading and debating.
(b) Being drunk and throwing away his money.
(c) Devoting time to church and charity.
(d) Gossiping and destroying reputations.

11. What is the topic of the conversation at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Sir Peter's unwillingness to spend money on the expensive new fashions that Lady Teazle wants.
(b) Lady Teazle's friendship with Lady Sneerwell.
(c) Sir Peter's poverty.
(d) They are not talking in Act 2, Scene 1.

12. Where do Sir Peter and Lady Teazle go at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Home.
(b) Sir Oliver's.
(c) Joseph's house.
(d) Lady Sneerwell's.

13. Whose words are used in the prologue to the play?
(a) David Garrick.
(b) Samuel Trent.
(c) Caroline Clavell.
(d) Margaret Nickleby.

14. Which of the following is a widely known fact that cannot be covered up?
(a) That Benjamin Backbite has a crush on Lady Teazle.
(b) That Lady Sneerwell and her companions are lying, backstabbing cretins.
(c) That Sir Peter Teazle and Frances Anne Crewe are having an affair.
(d) That Maria is in love with Crabtree.

15. What does Mr. Moses do for a living?
(a) He is a fisherman.
(b) He is a lamplighter.
(c) He is a moneylender.
(d) He is a chimneysweeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rowley tell Sir Oliver about Sir Peter?

2. Who does the speaker of "A Portrait" address?

3. Prior to his marriage to Lady Teazle, what type of woman did Sir Peter try to find to court and marry?

4. What does Sir Oliver believe happens when a young person makes mistakes in life?

5. Based on information presented in the portrait portion of the play, which of the following best exemplifies its chief aim?

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