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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Malaprop's note confuse?
(a) longing and loathing.
(b) critiques and compliments .
(c) induction with seduction.
(d) love with lust.

2. What other word does Mrs. Malaprop's note confuse?
(a) superfluous with superficial.
(b) liked and loathed.
(c) life and love.
(d) wrong and right.

3. Does Sheridan believe all plays should have a moral point of view?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes because it is the only way to see the errors of our ways.
(d) Sometimes, depending on the subject matter.

4. Where does Act I, Scene II take place?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In Sir Anthony's town house.
(c) In Julia's bedroom.
(d) The dressing room of Lydia's Aunt Malaprop.

5. How does the lawyer get the sergeant at law to accept the paper?
(a) He offers to marry his daughter.
(b) He invites the sergeant at law to dinner.
(c) He slips money to the sergeant at law.
(d) He promises to invest in the sergeant at law's business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Acres confused with Faulkand's reaction to the news?

2. What will Lydia lose if she marries Beverly?

3. What does Lucius prompt Acres to do?

4. What does Mrs Malaprop call Jack?

5. How does the play begin?

(see the answer key)

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