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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. Who tells Kate that Marlow thinks the house is an inn?

2. What is Tony's condition when he finally appears?

3. What does Tony suggest to Hastings?

4. What does Jeremy, Marlow's servant, verify?

5. What does Tony tell his mother when he spies Mr. Hardcastle walking that way?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kate discover the misunderstanding that has been going on in the house?

2. How does Constance attempt to stop Mrs. Hardcastle from reading the note?

3. How does Mrs. Hardcastle make an appearance in the garden.

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. Describe the conflict between Constance and Tony now that Mrs. Hardcastle has the jewels back?

6. What is young Marlow's purpose in seeking out Mr. Hardcastle before he leaves the house?

7. 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?

8. Explain how Constance knows Sir Charles is coming for a visit and Hastings' reaction to the news.

9. How does Mr. Hardcastle react to seeing Marlow holding his daughter's hand?

10. Outside in the back of the garden, what surprise does Hasting get when he meets Tony there?

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

Pretend you are a writer for an 18th-century newspaper and write a critique of Mr. Goldsmith's play. In your critique be sure to mention Goldsmith's departure from the sentimental comedy of his day. Note the passages in the play that would border on the scandalous in his time. Discuss the continuity of the play and the use of subplots. Detail your opinion about the believability of the characters.

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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