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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker of "A Portrait" say about appearances?
(a) Appearances are very important.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Appearances are not all that they seem.
(d) Appearances are unimportant in all circumstances.

2. Which of the following represents Mr. Moses' heritage?
(a) Dutch.
(b) French.
(c) Danish.
(d) Jewish.

3. Who is David Garrick?
(a) The writer.
(b) Member of the audience.
(c) Stagehand.
(d) Theatre critic.

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

5. Who arrives to hear Sir Peter's troubles with Lady Teazle in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Sir Peter.
(b) Rowley.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Charles.

6. What does Sir Peter think about Charles?
(a) That he is a wonderful young man.
(b) That he is a free-spending profligate who will be a disappointment to himself and others.
(c) That he will make a wonderful husband for Maria.
(d) That he should have married Lady Teazle.

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

8. Who arrives on the scene when Sir Oliver and Mr. Moses leave to check on Joseph and Charles Surface?
(a) Maria.
(b) Snake.
(c) Lady Sneerwell.
(d) Miss Clackitt.

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

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

11. Who technically ends the argument in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Lady Teazle.
(b) Charles.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Sir Peter.

12. 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 find that there are not any prospects suitable enough to marry.
(b) The wife whom he finds may turn out bad anyway.
(c) He may just find the type of woman he seeks.
(d) The wife whom he finds may turn out better than he ever expected.

13. What does Joseph want Lady Teazle to do in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Convince Maria to turn her affections to him from Charles.
(b) Come to his house so that they can spend some time alone together.
(c) Leave him alone to talk to Maria.
(d) Leave her husband for him.

14. Who demonstrates willingness to engage in long-winded gossip about anyone and everyone; and annoys Maria in the process?
(a) Charles Surface.
(b) Snake.
(c) Mrs. Candour.
(d) Lady Sneerwell.

15. What were playwrights trying to build through the use of prologues during the historical time period in which the play was written?
(a) Interest in a favorite charitable project of the playwright.
(b) Sympathy for and interest in the subject matter.
(c) Fame and fortune for themselves.
(d) A decent level of trust with the audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Peter's wife demand?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Sir Peter want Maria to do?

3. Who is Richard Brinsley Sheridan?

4. Why does Lady Sneerwell undertake her next project?

5. What is Sheridan attacking, according to the Prologue?

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