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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tony's composition he leads at the Three Pigeons?
(a) An epic poem.
(b) A drinking song.
(c) A raunchy limerick.
(d) A pledge of allegiance.

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

3. As the play opens, who are the two characters who enter from the right?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
(b) Kate and Marlow
(c) The maid and Mrs. Hardcastle
(d) Marlow and Hastings

4. How is the scene in the Three Pigeons a satire on sentimental comedy?
(a) The dialogue is high toned.
(b) The characters are all commoners and not genteel.
(c) The characters serve as a chorus as in Greek comedy.
(d) The sentiments are only on drinking.

5. What has Kate promised her father about her dress in the evenings?
(a) That she will wear a dancing costume in the evenings.
(b) That she will wear simply country housewife clothes.
(c) That she will only dress up in the evenings.
(d) That she will not wear jewelry in the evenings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Hardcastle tries to get Tony to say home one night, where is he planning to go?

2. What does Mr. Hardcastle say the neighbors bring back from their trips to town?

3. What does Kate say to Constance about her brother Tony?

4. Why is Mrs. Hardcastle trying to make a match between Tony and Constance?

5. What does Tony do when he discovers that Marlow and Hastings are hopelessly lost?

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