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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hardcastle promise to give Constance right away?
(a) The jewels.
(b) A trip to her aunt's house in London.
(c) Her garnets.
(d) A wedding dress.

2. What seems to be the only solution for Constance and Hastings?
(a) He will have to wait for her for three years.
(b) They will have to forget about each other.
(c) He will have to steal the jewels and kidnap Constance.
(d) He will have to kill Mrs. Hardcastle.

3. What fate is Hastings resigned to as he and Constance go back to the house.
(a) Waiting three years before they can marry.
(b) Going to prison for stealing the jewels.
(c) Losing Constance to Tony.
(d) Being confronted by Sir Charles.

4. How does Marlow ask Kate for a kiss?
(a) He talks about the nectar of her lips and he wants a taste.
(b) He asks her to kiss him so he knows he's not dreaming.
(c) He asks her to kiss him for good luck when he meets Miss Hardcastle later.
(d) He pulls her to him and tells her to close her eyes.

5. What does Marlow now fear?
(a) That now he will be forced to marry Miss Hardcastle.
(b) That his father will disinherit him.
(c) That he will be drawn in characature and made fun of.
(d) That Kate will not show him her embroidery.

6. What information does Hastings' servant give him?
(a) That the post carriage broke down about a mile from the house.
(b) That Mrs. Hardcastle and Constance have returned.
(c) That a maid dressed in Constance's clothes is in the carriage with Mrs. Hardcastle.
(d) That Mrs. Hardcastle and Constance are thirty miles away already.

7. When Hastings accuses Marlow of planning to rob the barmaid of her honor, what does Marlow reply?
(a) Pshaw, you know barmaids don't worry about honor.
(b) You can't rob something that is freely given.
(c) He will marry her if she gets pregnant.
(d) There is nothing in this house I do not intend to pay for.

8. What is in the letter?
(a) A message about finding the jewels again.
(b) A bill for Tony's gambling debts.
(c) A court summons in a murder case.
(d) A message from Hastings about the elopement.

9. What is Kate's plan for Marlow?
(a) She plans to pretend to be Kate's sister.
(b) She plans to trick Marlow into marrying her.
(c) She plans to keep up his delusion.
(d) She plans to make Marlow think she loves Hastings.

10. Why are Hardcastle and Sir Charles amazed at Marlow's quick departure?
(a) They cannot believe young Marlow actually saw Kate.
(b) They do not understand what he says about Kate.
(c) They think he is too sensitive to the joke that was played on him.
(d) What he says does not match up with what Kate told her father.

11. What has Tony done with his mother and Constance?
(a) He put his mother out fifteen miles away and returned with Constance.
(b) Driven them around in circles for hours and returned home.
(c) Knocked them unconscious and brought them back.
(d) Tied them to a tree about twenty miles away.

12. When Hardcastle runs into Marlow, why is he upset?
(a) Marlow has not paid his room rent.
(b) Marlow's servants are getting drunk in Hardcastle's wine cellar.
(c) Marlow's servants are chasing Hardcastle's servant girls.
(d) Marlows servants are causing fights in the servants' quarters.

13. Who enters while Kate is struggling to get her hand away from Marlow?
(a) Mr. Hardcastle.
(b) Lady Betty Blackleg.
(c) Tony Lumpkin.
(d) Constance.

14. When Kate arrives, how does her testimony conflict with young Marlow's?
(a) She says that he proposed marriage and she turned him down.
(b) She says that he insulted her.
(c) She says that they never met.
(d) She says that they have met many times.

15. After Marlow runs from the room, how does Hardcastle confront his daughter.
(a) He shames her for lying to him.
(b) He tells her to go put on her finery.
(c) He asks what she is up to.
(d) He laughs at the ridiculous scene he just witnessed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlow do in front of his father?

2. How does Mrs. Hardcastle show her blind love of her son, Tony?

3. What does Mrs. Hardcastle propose to do after she learns the truth about Constance and Hastings?

4. What does the maid question about Kate's plan?

5. What does Kate think will be her father's reaction when he hears the whole story?

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