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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tony do when he discovers that Marlow and Hastings are hopelessly lost?
(a) He offers to go with them to show the way.
(b) He gives them long, complicated directions to Hardcastle mansion.
(c) He tells them no one in those parts know a Mr. Hardcastle.
(d) He sends them headed back toward London.

2. What is so amusing about the way Kate and her father describe Marlow?
(a) They agree completely about Marlow.
(b) They are not listening to each other.
(c) It sounds as though they are not talking about the same man.
(d) They can hardly contain their laughter at the man.

3. Hardcastle does not recognize the insults at first and attempts to do what?
(a) Get them to sit at a table.
(b) Order Marlow and Hastings to sit down.
(c) Advise them about their dress.
(d) Enter into a conversation with Marlow and Hastings.

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

5. What hinders Marlow from seeking a wife?
(a) His preference for barmaids.
(b) He fears he cannot endure an arranged marriage.
(c) He has no one to arrange a marriage for him.
(d) Going through the terrors of a formal courtship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What admonition does Hardcastle give the servants for when guests arrive?

2. Anxious to be off, what does Marlow ask Tony?

3. What has Kate promised her father about her dress in the evenings?

4. When Marlow and Hastings enter the Three Pigeons, Marlow is complaining about the distance they came. What does Hastings say?

5. What does Kate say about Marlow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mr. Hardcastle different from his wife?

2. How do we know that Kate is actually excited at the prospect of a handsome, well-mannered husband-to-be?

3. How do Marlow and Hastings treat Mr. Hardcastle at what they suppose is an inn?

4. When Mrs. Hardcastle sees Tony and Constance together, what does she assume?

5. Why does Hastings insist that Constance continue the ruse that they are in an inn?

6. Tony has the landlord give the directions which no one could possibly follow. What fun do they have when Marlow asks for a room at the Three Pigeons?

7. Describe the argument Tony has with Mrs. Hardcastle in front of Constance and Hastings.

8. After looking at the night's menu, what does Marlow do?

9. What does Hastings really want to discuss with Tony?

10. What does Marlow say to Hastings about his ability with women?

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