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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speak of "A Portrait" say often misleads people?
(a) The truth.
(b) Friends.
(c) Appearances.
(d) Wives.

2. Who does the speaker of "A Portrait" address?
(a) His friend.
(b) The audience.
(c) Her husband.
(d) His lover.

3. What are Rowley and Sir Oliver laughing about at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) They are not laughing.
(b) The fact that Sir Peter has married a shrew.
(c) Lady Sneerwell's joke about Charles.
(d) The fact that Sir Oliver has returned to London.

4. Sir Peter would like for Maria to turn her attention away from Charles Surface, and toward which of the following?
(a) Joseph Surface.
(b) Snake.
(c) Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Sir Oliver.

5. What is Lady Teazle's reason for her greed?
(a) She wants to live the best life possible.
(b) Sir Peter wants her to be greedy.
(c) She claims that she is not greedy.
(d) She has no reason.

6. Whom does David Garrick address?
(a) The theatre crew.
(b) The cast.
(c) The orchestra.
(d) The audience.

7. Who speaks in the Prologue?
(a) Sheridan.
(b) Joseph Surface.
(c) David Garrick.
(d) Sir Oliver Surface.

8. While a gossipers' gathering is underway at the home of Lady Sneerwell, Maria and which of the following would-be suitors slip away for a private conversation?
(a) Benjamin Backbite.
(b) Charles Surface.
(c) Joseph Surface.
(d) Snake.

9. How does Maria feel about Charles, according to Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) She is jealous of his friendship with Lady Teazle.
(b) She thinks of him as a close friend.
(c) She no longer loves him.
(d) She insists on her love and her judgment of his worth.

10. How does Lady Teazle initially react to Sir Peter's attempt near the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) She seems amenable to the idea.
(b) She absolutely refuses.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She laughs at Sir Peter.

11. What does Sir Peter obtain rather than the beautiful, retiring woman he sought?
(a) A best friend.
(b) An absolute beast.
(c) An angel.
(d) Exactly what he sought.

12. Whose long-winded gossiping annoys Maria?
(a) Snake.
(b) Lady Sneerwell.
(c) Mr. Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Mrs. Candour.

13. What does Sir Oliver asks Sir Peter about in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The Surface brothers.
(b) Lady Sneerwell.
(c) His job.
(d) His marriage.

14. What does Lady Teazle feel that she deserves?
(a) Freedom from Sir Peter's controlling ways.
(b) Constant knowledge about her husband's whereabouts.
(c) More attention from Sir Peter.
(d) Everything that any other woman has and more.

15. In Act 1, Scene 2, who claims that Charles is an upright young man?
(a) Rowley.
(b) Sir Peter.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Lady Teazle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Peter think about Joseph?

2. Where are members of the audience for the play advised to look to find the true worth of an individual?

3. How does Maria add to Sir Peter's worries?

4. What genre of writing is The School for Scandal?

5. Where do Sir Peter and Lady Teazle go at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

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