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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Oliver decide to do in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Disinherit Charles.
(b) Pay off Charles's debts himself.
(c) Have an affair with Lady Teazle.
(d) Marry Maria.

2. Everyone at the table can be considered as which of the following?
(a) Intellectual and scholarly.
(b) Incommunicative and boring.
(c) Greedy and miserly.
(d) Drunk and obnoxious.

3. What are Charles' creditors willing to wait to do?
(a) Seize Charles' house and sell it to pay off his debt.
(b) Seize Charles' carriage and sell it to pay off his debt.
(c) Have him arrested and taken to debtor's prison.
(d) Speak with him.

4. Who is Sir Oliver disguised as in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Mr. Premium.
(b) Mr. Moses.
(c) Sir Peter.
(d) Stanley.

5. What is the setting of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Joseph's house.
(b) Sir Peter's house.
(c) The auction room.
(d) Charles's parlor.

6. Who is Stanley?
(a) Actually, he is Snake.
(b) Actually, he is Sir Peter.
(c) Actually, he is Sir Oliver.
(d) Actually, he is Crabtree.

7. In Act 4, Scene 3, we find Lady Teazle and Joseph at Joseph's house. Aside from attempting to consummate their affair, what is the pair doing?
(a) Criticizing Sir Peter.
(b) Discussing Maria.
(c) Making plans for the future.
(d) Criticizing Lady Sneerwell and Snake.

8. What is the occupation of Sir Oliver's alias at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Money-lender.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Auctioneer.

9. How does Sir Oliver see Charles to be beneath the surface during and after the portrait auction?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Noble.
(d) Conniving.

10. In Act 5, Scene 1, what does Joseph say about Sir Oliver?
(a) He is a kind benefactor.
(b) He is a generous uncle.
(c) He is a greedy miser.
(d) He does not know Sir Oliver.

11. How much does Charles offer to sell the remainder of his family portraits for?
(a) 300 schillings.
(b) 400 dollars.
(c) 300 pounds.
(d) 400 pounds.

12. Which portrait does Charles refuse to sell?
(a) The portrait of Charles's father.
(b) The portrait of Charles.
(c) The portrait of Sir Oliver.
(d) The portrait of Joseph.

13. Who arrives at Joseph's house at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Sir Oliver.
(b) Snake.
(c) Sir Peter.
(d) Maria.

14. Whom does Joseph attempt to push out of his house?
(a) Rowley.
(b) Sir Peter.
(c) Sir Oliver.
(d) Benjamin Backbite.

15. What does Trip have Sir Oliver and Mr. Moses do?
(a) Review some of his reference material.
(b) Pay for the pastries that they have ordered.
(c) Wait for Charles Surface.
(d) Take a note to Lady Sneerwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Moses perceive all the stories about Charles following the auction?

2. What does Charles offer to do with the remaining family heirlooms?

3. Whom does Maria believe to be having an affair with Charles?

4. What is offered to secure the request made in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. News from Sir Oliver and Rowley that Joseph Surface will be designated as the recipient of Sir Oliver's inheritance shocks which of the following?

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