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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 does Tony volunteer to do as Marlow and Hastings head out the door of the Three Pigeons?
(a) He offers to go out and point the way.
(b) He kicks the landlord of the pub under the table.
(c) He tips his hat and wishes them well.
(d) He tries hard to contain his laughter.

2. What is Tony's one word admonition to the landlord of the pub?
(a) Wait!
(b) Don't forget!
(c) Mum!
(d) Help!

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Kate agrees to accept the young man if he asks for her hand, how does her father tease her?

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

4. What does Mr. Hardcastle tell his wife when she suggests that Tony is consumptive.

5. What joke does Tony play on Hastings and Marlow?.

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