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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marlow conspire to get closer to Kate?
(a) He pretends to trip on the carpet.
(b) He tries guessing her age and must come for a closer look.
(c) He asks her to dance with him.
(d) He moves in quickly when she looks away.

2. How does Miss Neville know who the letter is from?
(a) She recognizes the handwriting.
(b) She knows Hastings is going to write.
(c) She snatches the letter from Tony's hand.
(d) She reads the letter for Tony.

3. What joke does Tony play on Hastings and Marlow?.
(a) He puts something in their ale that will put them to sleep.
(b) He tells them that Hardcastle and his daughter have gone to Paris.
(c) He gives them directions to Hardcastle's house but tells them it is an inn.
(d) He sends someone out to loosen the reins on their horses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Marlow envy Hastings?

2. When Marlow enters, who gets the blame for all the trouble in the house?

3. Why does Hastings say they must hurry if they plan to elope?

4. Seeing the good furniture, what does Hasting fear?

5. Why does Marlow insist the house is his?

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