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

2. How is the scene in the Three Pigeons a satire on sentimental comedy?

3. Mr. Hardcastle is furious with Marlow. What does he say out loud to himself about the young man?

4. What does Tony come running into the room to announce?

5. What does Mr. Hardcastle say Marlow has to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Tony Lumpkins' problem with his mother and Miss Neville.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Tell how Tony describes the Hardcastle family.

9. How does the audience get a picture of Tony Lumpkin before he even enters the stage?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is often called a practical joke is more often something that causes great pain and embarrassment to an innocent victim. Tony's joke about the inn was really meant to embarrass Mr. Hardcastle, however, it caused suffering to Marlow and nearly wrecked any possibility of his marrying Kate. Using examples of jokes and tricks from the play, write an essay about how they are usually not funny and can often be very harmful.

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

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER is filled with complex sub plots. Write a paper on how these various plots play against each other in the play. Specifically draw your illustrations from the plot of Mrs. Hardcastle to marry Tony off to Constance against Constance's determination to marry Hastings. The main plot of getting Kate and Marlow together is complicated by the reasons various characters have to continue the deception with Marlow. Draw a parallel between Hardcastle and Marlow since he does not find out about Tony's trick until late in the play. Explain in your paper how each of these complications is necessary to the story.

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