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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Peter do when he spots Mrs. Candour, Lady Sneerwell, Backbite, and Crabtree at his house?
(a) He joins them in preparing food baskets for the poor.
(b) He apologizes for not having been home when they arrived.
(c) He orders them to leave.
(d) He excuses himself, and heads for bed.

2. What does Sir Peter suggest to embarrass Joseph?
(a) Sir Peter would never want to embarass Joseph.
(b) Tell Sir Oliver about Joseph's affair with Lady Teazle.
(c) Pull the screen aside to determine who is behind it.
(d) Reveal his feelings about Maria to Charles.

3. 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) A house.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Collateral.
(d) A contract.

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

5. Who reveals Sir Oliver's true identity to Charles and Joseph?
(a) Maria.
(b) Sir Peter.
(c) Lady Teazle.
(d) Sir Oliver.

6. What is Charles doing as he sits at the table in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) He is drinking (liquor).
(b) He is eating.
(c) He is writing a letter to Maria.
(d) He is counting some coins.

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

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

9. Who is the protagonist of The School for Scandal?
(a) Sir Peter Teazle.
(b) Charles Surface.
(c) Joseph Surface.
(d) Lady Sneerwell.

10. Who does Trip announce in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Sir Oliver.
(b) Sir Peter.
(c) Mr. Premium and Mr. Moses.
(d) Lady Sneerwell.

11. Following Sir Peter's arrival at Joseph's house, who arrives to speak with Joseph Surface?
(a) Benjamin Backbite.
(b) Lady Sneerwell.
(c) Rowley.
(d) Charles Surface.

12. Who is Sir Oliver pretending to be at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Sir Peter.
(c) Mr. Premium.
(d) Mr. Moses.

13. Whose credit is no good in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Charles's.
(b) Sir Oliver's.
(c) Trip's.
(d) Mr. Moses's.

14. Joseph tells Sir Peter that the woman who is standing behind the screen is which of the following?
(a) Angela Foster, a seamstress whom he has been seeing.
(b) Not a real person; just a petticoat on a mannequin.
(c) A French milliner whom he has been seeing.
(d) Miss Clackitt.

15. What type of mood is Joseph in, as his uninvited guest arrives at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Bad mood.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Jovial.
(d) Friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of sale does Charles Surface intend to use to sell his goods?

2. What does Sir Oliver tell Sir Peter to tease him?

3. Is anyone else sitting with Charles at the table?

4. In essence, what does Trip offer Mr. Moses?

5. What is Sir Oliver's first impression of Joseph?

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