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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 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 not wear jewelry in the evenings.
(c) That she will wear simply country housewife clothes.
(d) That she will only dress up in the evenings.

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

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

4. What is Tony looking forward to in the near future?
(a) Going abraod for an extended vacation.
(b) Coming into his inheritance of 1,500 pounds a year.
(c) Getting even with Kate for standing between him and Constance.
(d) Being presented at court.

5. 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 it's more than an even wager that he won't have her.
(d) He says that as her father he might not give his consent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Mr. Hardcastle's response to Mrs. Hardcastle's complaining that he only likes old things.

5. What comment does Mr. Hardcastle make to his daughter, Kate, seeing her dressed in the latest fashion.

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