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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following amounts corresponds to the price tag that Charles Surface attaches to the remaining lot of his family portraits in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Four hundred-fifty pounds.
(b) Seven hundred pounds.
(c) Three hundred pounds.
(d) One thousand pounds.

3. What does Trip offer Mr. Moses?
(a) Some of his clothes.
(b) Some of Charles Surface's clothes.
(c) A plump, juicy steak with all the trimmings.
(d) Directions to Lady Sneerwell's house.

4. How does Sir Oliver feel about Charles's offer?
(a) Happy.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

5. How does Lady Teazle feel about Sir Peter at the end of Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She wants a divorce.
(c) She is indifferent to Sir Peter at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.
(d) She is eager to make up.

6. Why are Mrs. Candour, Lady Sneerwell, Backbite, and Crabtree surprised to see Sir Peter walk into his home?
(a) They thought he had been wounded, and at death's door.
(b) They thought that he was supposed to be in China
(c) They thought that he and Lady Teazle were in Wales.
(d) They thought that he had broken his leg.

7. Who is Sir Peter mistaken for by Mrs. Candour, Lady Sneerwell, Backbite, and Crabtree as he walks into his house?
(a) Sir Peter's brother, Henry.
(b) Lady Teazle's brother, Phillip.
(c) A messenger.
(d) A physician.

8. When Sir Peter sees a lady's petticoats behind the screen, what does Joseph claim?
(a) It is Lady Teazle.
(b) Sir Peter does not see a lady's petticoats behind the screen.
(c) It is a French milliner he has been seeing.
(d) Sir Peter is imagining things.

9. What is required in order for Sir Oliver's companion to acquiesce to the request of the person who makes him wait in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Collateral.
(c) A contract.
(d) A house.

10. 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?
(a) Lady Sneerwell.
(b) Maria.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Sir Peter.

11. What opportunity does Sir Oliver see in Charles's plan?
(a) An opportunity to embarass Charles.
(b) An opportunity to save the family portraits.
(c) An opportunity to learn about Charles.
(d) He sees no opportunity.

12. 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 does not know Sir Oliver.
(d) He is a greedy miser.

13. What do the men in Act 3, Scene 3 sing?
(a) Hymns.
(b) Bawdy songs.
(c) They do not sing.
(d) The national anthem.

14. Who announces the arrival of Sir Oliver and Mr. Moses when they arrive at Charles' house to discuss his request for a loan?
(a) Benjamin Backbite.
(b) Trip.
(c) Careless.
(d) Joseph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Everyone at the table can be considered as which of the following?

2. Why does Charles refuse to agree to Sir Oliver's offer on a portrait?

3. What portrait does Sir Oliver offer to buy?

4. What type of credit does Trip have?

5. How will the security for the request made in Act 3, Scene 2 be obtained?

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