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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 is Marlow's reaction when he sees the menu for the night's supper?
(a) He cannot eat rich food at night.
(b) He does not believe the menu is correct.
(c) He thinks it is rustic food.
(d) He is shocked, thinking it will be expensive.

2. What joke does Tony play on Hastings and Marlow?.
(a) He puts something in their ale that will put them to sleep.
(b) He sends someone out to loosen the reins on their horses.
(c) He gives them directions to Hardcastle's house but tells them it is an inn.
(d) He tells them that Hardcastle and his daughter have gone to Paris.

3. How interested is Hardcastle in politics?
(a) He favors the Tories.
(b) He is an avid follower of politics.
(c) He is an avid Liberal.
(d) Not at all because it frets him.

4. What names has Mr. Hardcastle been calling Tony for almost a year?
(a) Pigeon lover and turkey neck.
(b) Fat and sassy.
(c) Dumb and dirty.
(d) Whelp and hound.

5. As the play opens, who are the two characters who enter from the right?
(a) The maid and Mrs. Hardcastle
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
(c) Kate and Marlow
(d) Marlow and Hastings

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Mr. Hardcastle make to his daughter, Kate, seeing her dressed in the latest fashion.

2. When Hardcastle enters the room, how does Marlow indicate he is dismissed?

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

4. How do Hastings and Marlow continue to ignore Hardcastle?

5. What is Tony's one word admonition to the landlord of the pub?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening simultaneously as Tony runs in with the casket of jewels?

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

3. What clue does the landlord give in the muttered line that Tony is a damn'd mischievous son of a whore?

4. 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?

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

6. Explain why Tony is so sure he can handle Mrs. Hardcastle.

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

8. What is Mr. Hardcastle's first impression of Marlow and his friend Hastings?

9. Using Mr. Hardcastle's speech at the beginning of act 3, define and explain the soliloquy.

10. Explain Tony's trickery with Mrs. Hardcastle when Constance is pressing her to relinquish her jewels.

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