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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Constance say Marlow is?
(a) The most eligable bachelor in London.
(b) A royal in line for the throne.
(c) The most intimate friend of her admirer, Mr. Hastings.
(d) The son of her father's dearest friend.

2. What is Hardcastle's reaction when Kate enters the room?
(a) That she must stay in her room until Marlow departs.
(b) He is pleased with the modesty of her dress as they had agreed.
(c) That she must leave at once and go to London.
(d) That she will hate him for recommending Marlow to her.

3. Before offering to give directions to Marlow and Hastings, what does Tony want to know?
(a) If they need to see Hardcastle right away.
(b) If they know where they are and how they got there.
(c) If they have an invitation to the Hardcastle mansion.
(d) If they have servants traveling with them.

4. What does Mr. Hardcastle say Marlow has to do?
(a) Crawl on his hands and knees.
(b) Reconcile contradictions.
(c) Give up playing jokes on his host.
(d) Work in the inn for one year.

5. What is Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint with her husband?
(a) He has no taste in furniture.
(b) They do not travel to town now and then.
(c) He doesn't dress for dinner.
(d) They never have company come to the house.

6. What does Tony urge his mother to tell Constance about the jewels?
(a) That she sold them and the money is spent.
(b) That she had them appraised and they are all fake.
(c) That they are lost and he will bear witness.
(d) That she will give them to her when she marries Tony.

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

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

9. What does Mr. Hardcastle expect from Diggory who was brought into the house from his work in the barn?
(a) To make a show at the side table.
(b) To perform the duties of butler.
(c) To act as doorman.
(d) To dance and entertain the guests.

10. Seeing the good furniture, what does Hasting fear?
(a) That this might not be an inn after all.
(b) That they will be overcharged for their stay.
(c) That the beds will be hard and uncomfortable.
(d) That it is an antique shop.

11. Who comes to visit Kate as she is contemplating the evening and meeting Marlow?
(a) Tony Lumpkin, her stepbrother.
(b) Constance Neville, her best friend.
(c) Mrs. Hardcastle wanting to know what her husband told Kate.
(d) The maid with a glass of milk.

12. What happens when Hardcastle hears a coach drive up in front of the house?
(a) He hurries out to greet Marlow.
(b) He rushes the servants through their jobs one more time.
(c) He runs to sit down in the living room.
(d) He thinks it is the mail coach.

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

14. How does Hardcastle say the servants are like their betters?
(a) They are arguing over places of importance.
(b) They want some staff to be under them.
(c) They are only interested in the money.
(d) They are too concerned about their dress.

15. What comment does the landlord of the Three Pigeons make about Hardcastle's inn?
(a) He says they get their guests out of bed when the rooster crows each morning.
(b) He says they have good beds and fine wine.
(c) He says they have hard beds and sour wine.
(d) He says there is a rumor that they steal from their guests while they sleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Tony looking forward to in the near future?

3. What refreshment does Marlow ask of Hardcastle?

4. After the meal problem is settled, what demands do Marlow and Hastings make?

5. Mr. Hardcastle is furious with Marlow. What does he say out loud to himself about the young man?

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