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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 does Kate convince her father to do?
2. What does Constance attempt to do?
3. What does Mrs. Hardcastle not recognize as Tony and Constance banter back and forth?
4. What does Mrs. Hardcastle promise to give Constance right away?
5. When Tony hands the letter to his mother, what does Constance do?
Short Essay Questions
1. There is a great deal of shouting at one another about Tony's latest deception. What does Tony say that Mr. Hardcastle has to agree with?
2. What transpires between Mr. Hardcastle and Tony in the dark?
3. How does Hardcastle respond to Kate's hope that he will forgive Marlow?
4. What is going on between Mr. Hardcastle and Sir Charles as they come into the room after Mrs. Hardcastle has left with Constance?
5. After Marlow leaves and Kate enters the room, what is the conversation she has with the two gentlemen?
6. Does Mr. Hardcastle think Kate is right about young Marlow? How does he respond to Kate's request for more time to prove to him that Marlow is a proper gentleman.
7. How does Kate discover the misunderstanding that has been going on in the house?
8. What immediate plans do Hastings and Constance make after he tells her Tony has given him the jewels?
9. What happens between Marlow and Hastings after Mrs. Hardcastle gets possession of the jewels once again?
10. Explain how Constance knows Sir Charles is coming for a visit and Hastings' reaction to the news.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Staging of plays in Goldsmith's day was much different from the way it is today. There was no curtain. At the end of a scene, the actors all walked off the stage and the stagehands came in and changed the backdrop and the furniture. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER has stood the test of time, however, and is still staged today. Write a paper about how you would stage the play and handle the different scene changes.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Select three of four scenes in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER that you consider to be very funny. Write about the words and actions that make the scenes comical in nature. Compare those scenes to movie or TV comedies today and show how early writers like Goldsmith influenced our ideas of what is funny in a play or film.
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