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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 comment does Mr. Hardcastle make to his daughter, Kate, seeing her dressed in the latest fashion.
(a) There's enough silk in that gown to make two.
(b) The indigent world could be clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.
(c) What is wrong with the simple country dress?
(d) Have you turned to be like Mrs. Hardcastle?

2. What does Diggory say will be difficult for him?
(a) To walk without tripping over his feet.
(b) To keep his hands off the sherry.
(c) To see people eating at the table and not be able to eat himself.
(d) To speak in a refined manner.

3. What hinders Marlow from seeking a wife?
(a) He has no one to arrange a marriage for him.
(b) Going through the terrors of a formal courtship.
(c) His preference for barmaids.
(d) He fears he cannot endure an arranged marriage.

4. What reaction does Marlow and Hastings have about the mansion they suppose is an inn?
(a) It is well-looking and credible.
(b) It is better than they had hoped for.
(c) It has fallen into a state of ruin.
(d) It looks too much like a regular house.

5. How interested is Hardcastle in politics?
(a) Not at all because it frets him.
(b) He is an avid Liberal.
(c) He is an avid follower of politics.
(d) He favors the Tories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint with her husband?

2. What does Mrs. Hardcastle say their mansion looks like?

3. What happens when Hardcastle hears a coach drive up in front of the house?

4. What is Tony's composition he leads at the Three Pigeons?

5. How is the scene in the Three Pigeons a satire on sentimental comedy?

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