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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What joke does Tony play on Hastings and Marlow?.
(a) He tells them that Hardcastle and his daughter have gone to Paris.
(b) He gives them directions to Hardcastle's house but tells them it is an inn.
(c) He puts something in their ale that will put them to sleep.
(d) He sends someone out to loosen the reins on their horses.

2. Seeing the good furniture, what does Hasting fear?
(a) That this might not be an inn after all.
(b) That the beds will be hard and uncomfortable.
(c) That they will be overcharged for their stay.
(d) That it is an antique shop.

3. What does Mrs. Hardcastle say their mansion looks like?
(a) A barn.
(b) A barracks.
(c) A museum.
(d) An inn.

4. What sort of sales pitch does Mr. Hardcastle make to his daughter?
(a) He offers to send her to the university.
(b) He begs her to spend less on clothes.
(c) He praises a young man who is coming to visit.
(d) He wants her to learn to cook.

5. Giving up on following Tony's directions, what does Marlow do?
(a) He asks the landlord for a room for the night.
(b) He suggests they return to London.
(c) He tells Hastings that this is why he never stopped to ask directions.
(d) He says they can sleep in the carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Left behind as Hardcastle and Marlow go to the bedrooms, who does Hastings see?

2. What has Kate promised her father about her dress in the evenings?

3. What does Diggory say will be difficult for him?

4. What reaction does Marlow and Hastings have about the mansion they suppose is an inn?

5. As the play opens, who are the two characters who enter from the right?

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