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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What argument does the subject of age bring up between the Hardcastles?
(a) Mrs. Hardcastle's age.
(b) The holes in the carpet.
(c) The leaks in the roof.
(d) How long they have had the same furniture.

2. What happens when Hardcastle asks the servants about serving wine?
(a) They all start wishing for a glass of wine.
(b) They all say that they prefer ale.
(c) They all rush out to get the wine.
(d) No one moves to get the wine.

3. When Hardcastle enters the room, how does Marlow indicate he is dismissed?
(a) By giving him their breakfast order.
(b) By saying he will call if he needs anything.
(c) By asking him to go look after their horses.
(d) By turning to Hastings and ignoring Hardcastle.

4. What dichotomy does Marlow bewail?
(a) Low class women are not bound by the reserve of upper class women.
(b) You cannot pay upper class women the same as you do the lower class.
(c) An impudent man may fake modesty, but a modest man cannot fake impudence.
(d) Lower class women do not expect marriage like the upper class.

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

6. Tired of humoring Hardcastle, what blunder does Marlow make?
(a) He offers Hardcastle a tip for the punch.
(b) He demands to be taken to the dining room.
(c) He orders Hardcastle to unpack his bags.
(d) He demands to know what's for supper.

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

8. What has been established for Hastings in Act 3?
(a) That Marlow is madly in love with Kate.
(b) That he is in Hardcastle's house and not an inn.
(c) That Constance will forget her jewels and elope with Hastings.
(d) That Tony Lumpkin had nothing to do with the joke.

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

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

11. What does Kate say about Marlow?
(a) That he was rude and callous and she wanted him to go away.
(b) That she expected something extraordinary and she was quite surprised by him.
(c) That she didn't know he was Hastings' best friend.
(d) That he appeared to be a simpleton.

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

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

14. What is Hastings' double entendre about the calf brains on the menu?
(a) I supposed you had only a half a brain.
(b) Let your brains be knocked out, sir, I don't like them.
(c) Do you suggest we lack brains, sir?
(d) A brain is something missing in most houses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What funny comment does Hardcastle make to the audience about the behavior of Marlow and Hastings?

2. What is so amusing about the way Kate and her father describe Marlow?

3. How does Hardcastle finally get the attention of Marlow and Hastings?

4. What does Hardcastle assume from Kate's comments about Marlow?

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

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