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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 names has Mr. Hardcastle been calling Tony for almost a year?
(a) Pigeon lover and turkey neck.
(b) Whelp and hound.
(c) Fat and sassy.
(d) Dumb and dirty.

2. When Kate agrees to accept the young man if he asks for her hand, how does her father tease her?
(a) He says that the young man might be mentally retarded.
(b) He says that the young man may be deformed in some way.
(c) He says that as her father he might not give his consent.
(d) He says that it's more than an even wager that he won't have her.

3. What is Mr. Hardcastle's response to Mrs. Hardcastle's complaining that he only likes old things.
(a) He says she knows he just bought a new horse.
(b) He says she thinks anything bought last month is old.
(c) He says she will have to own that he is pretty fond of an old wife.
(d) He says she just does not know the value of antiques.

4. What argument does the subject of age bring up between the Hardcastles?
(a) How long they have had the same furniture.
(b) Mrs. Hardcastle's age.
(c) The leaks in the roof.
(d) The holes in the carpet.

5. Who does Mrs. Hardcastle dote on?
(a) Tony Lumpkin, her son by her late first husband.
(b) Kate, Mr. Hardcastle's daughter.
(c) Miss Neville, Mrs. Hardcastle's niece.
(d) Young Marlow, Sir Charles Marlow's son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Tony looking forward to in the near future?

3. What is the one thing about the man whose name is Marlow that Kate does not particularly like?

4. What does Tony warn them of once they get to the inn?

5. What suggestion is made that the landlady might do?

(see the answer key)

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