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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What suggestion is made that the landlady might do?
2. How do Hastings and Marlow continue to ignore Hardcastle?
3. How is Mr. Hardcastle astonished by Kate's conversation?
4. How is the scene in the Three Pigeons a satire on sentimental comedy?
5. What is Tony's one word admonition to the landlord of the pub?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the hilarity when Mrs. Hardcastle discovers that the jewels are not where she left them.
2. What is the news Mr. Hardcastle gives his daughter about her future?
3. How do we know that Kate is actually excited at the prospect of a handsome, well-mannered husband-to-be?
4. Why does Hastings insist that Constance continue the ruse that they are in an inn?
5. How does the dialogue of the opening scene give the audience a clue as to Mrs. Hardcastle's character?
6. Using Mr. Hardcastle's speech at the beginning of act 3, define and explain the soliloquy.
7. When Mrs. Hardcastle sees Tony and Constance together, what does she assume?
8. Discuss the initial conversation between Hastings and Mrs. Hardcastle.
9. Why is Mr. Hardcastle training his servants?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The jewels are an important element in the story, although they are never seen. Using this example, write an essay about how valuables often become more important than people. Use Mrs. Hardcastle to show that her greed for keeping the jewels in her family was actually more important to her than Tony's happiness.
Essay Topic 2
The real villain in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER is Mrs. Hardcastle. Write a paper identifying the passages that give clues to her real nature. Note in your paper Mrs. Hardcastle's pretensions to upper class position, her emphasis on appearances, her ignorance of real elite society, and her underlying greed. Include in the paper how she manipulated Tony and Constance in order to satisfy her goals.
Essay Topic 3
Tony is unmoved by his mother's attempts to marry him off to Constance. He only has eyes for the barmaid Bet Bouncer. Marlow dislikes Kate when they first meet but falls hard for Kate as a barmaid. Using those examples, write an essay entitled Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder.
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