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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 tell Marlow and Hastings about the owner of the inn?
(a) He tells them that the old man loves to play tricks on his guests.
(b) He tells them that the owner is away and there are imposters in the inn.
(c) He tells them that the old man is a lunatic.
(d) He says that he is closing the inn and fancies himself a country gentleman.

2. What is the one thing about the man whose name is Marlow that Kate does not particularly like?
(a) Her father says Marlow is reserved and shy.
(b) He father says that Marlow occasionally drinks too much.
(c) He father says that Marlow takes snuff.
(d) Her father says that Marlow is reputed to be quite vain.

3. How does Tony calm down Constance?
(a) He promises to find the jewels.
(b) He tells her that Hastings has the jewels.
(c) He gives her brandy to drink.
(d) He makes a joke to make her laugh.

4. What sort of sales pitch does Mr. Hardcastle make to his daughter?
(a) He begs her to spend less on clothes.
(b) He wants her to learn to cook.
(c) He praises a young man who is coming to visit.
(d) He offers to send her to the university.

5. What has Kate promised her father about her dress in the evenings?
(a) That she will wear simply country housewife clothes.
(b) That she will not wear jewelry in the evenings.
(c) That she will only dress up in the evenings.
(d) That she will wear a dancing costume in the evenings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Hardcastle trying to make a match between Tony and Constance?

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

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

4. What is Tony's composition he leads at the Three Pigeons?

5. What is Mr. Hardcastle's response to Mrs. Hardcastle's complaining that he only likes old things.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Hardcastle training his servants?

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

3. Describe the landlord's reaction when Tony gives Marlow and Hastings directions to an inn which he calls Buck's Head.

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

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

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

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

8. How does Hastings inject himself into the argument between Tony and his mother?

9. What is so humorous about the conversation Kate and her father have about Marlow?

10. What is the news Mr. Hardcastle gives his daughter about her future?

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