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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Mrs. Hardcastle tries to get Tony to say home one night, where is he planning to go?
(a) To church.
(b) The Three Pigeons pub.
(c) The Cock and Bull pub.
(d) The theater.

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

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

5. When does Mrs. Hardcastle insist will be the time for Constance to wear jewels?
(a) Only when she has paste copies of them.
(b) Only when she's presented at court.
(c) They are for looking at and not for wearing.
(d) When she is in her forties and her beauty needs repairing.

6. What is Mrs. Hardcastle's state of mind when she returns to the living room?
(a) She is happy because she is giving her garnets to Constance.
(b) She is nervous because she can't find the key to her bureau.
(c) She is hysterical believing the jewels to have been stolen.
(d) She is smug because she thinks she has defeated Constance.

7. What is Marlow's plan for meeting Kate Hardcastle?
(a) Run away before she comes down.
(b) Pretend to be very ill.
(c) Pretend to be a valet servant.
(d) Bow low, say yes and no, and not look at her face.

8. What does Mr. Hardcastle tell his wife when she suggests that Tony is consumptive.
(a) Yes, but he won't see a doctor.
(b) Yes, if growing fat is one of the symptoms.
(c) No, my dear, he's just in love.
(d) No, wife, his clothes are too large for him.

9. Where does Diggory say he learned how to hold his hands?
(a) In prison.
(b) In the university.
(c) In the militia.
(d) In church.

10. What does Mr. Hardcastle call his home?
(a) Hardcastle Castle.
(b) Inn and Out.
(c) Upson Downs.
(d) Liberty Hall.

11. Giving up on following Tony's directions, what does Marlow do?
(a) He suggests they return to London.
(b) He asks the landlord for a room for the night.
(c) He says they can sleep in the carriage.
(d) He tells Hastings that this is why he never stopped to ask directions.

12. Left behind as Hardcastle and Marlow go to the bedrooms, who does Hastings see?
(a) Mrs. Hardcastle.
(b) Diggory.
(c) Kate Hardcastle.
(d) Constance Neville.

13. Why does Constance not believe that Mrs. Hardcastle has lost her jewels?
(a) Because Mrs. Hardcastle knows the value of the jewels.
(b) Because she knows where Mrs. Harcastle keeps them.
(c) Because she has them herself.
(d) Because Tony told her they are not lost.

14. Hardcastle is stunned by their rudeness but offers what service?
(a) To send out for their supper.
(b) To feed them only bread and water.
(c) To let them go to the kitchen and prepare their own supper.
(d) To alter anything on the menu.

15. What suggestion is made that the landlady might do?
(a) Make them a bed on the pub floor.
(b) Order them out of her house.
(c) Let them share her bed.
(d) Give them three chairs and a bolster in front of the fireplace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hardcastle's reaction when Kate enters the room?

3. What argument does the subject of age bring up between the Hardcastles?

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

5. Who does Constance say Marlow is?

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