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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Sir Absolute's ward's name?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Julia.
(d) Jennifer.
2. What is Faukland's love?
(a) lackluster.
(b) unconditional.
(c) self serving.
(d) meaningful.
3. What kind of comedy is this play?
(a) a comedy of problems.
(b) a comedy of errors.
(c) A comedy of manners.
(d) a fable.
4. Who exists the stage first?
(a) no one exits.
(b) they exits together.
(c) the lawyer.
(d) the sergeant .
5. Where does Act I, Scene II take place?
(a) The dressing room of Lydia's Aunt Malaprop.
(b) In Julia's bedroom.
(c) In the living room.
(d) In Sir Anthony's town house.
6. By bribing the sergeant at law, who is Sheridan also bribing?
(a) his critics.
(b) his peers.
(c) the audience.
(d) his enemies.
7. Why does Jack act innocent?
(a) Jack is not innocent.
(b) He pretends he will go along with his father's plan.
(c) Because he wants people to like him .
(d) He never wants to be made a fool of.
8. Where is Fag headed at the end of the scene?
(a) to see his lover.
(b) to gamble and drink.
(c) To see Faulkland.
(d) He goes to tell his master who is "rival" is.
9. What is Mrs. Malaprop's pen name?
(a) Darcy.
(b) Delia.
(c) Deanie.
(d) Dolores.
10. How does the lawyer get the sergeant at law to accept the paper?
(a) He slips money to the sergeant at law.
(b) He offers to marry his daughter.
(c) He invites the sergeant at law to dinner.
(d) He promises to invest in the sergeant at law's business.
11. What does Sir Absolute have for Jack?
(a) a solution.
(b) a proposition.
(c) a question.
(d) anger.
12. Why is Acres confused with Faulkand's reaction to the news?
(a) Faulkland has no reaction to Juila's welfare .
(b) They assumed Faulkland and Julia are over.
(c) He thinks Faulkland should be happy to hear that Julia is well.
(d) They do not think it is manly that Faulkland cares.
13. What does Mrs. Malaprop's note confuse?
(a) love with lust.
(b) longing and loathing.
(c) induction with seduction.
(d) critiques and compliments .
14. Who has Lydia lost?
(a) her mother.
(b) Ensign Beverly.
(c) Aunt Malaprop.
(d) her dog.
15. What does Julia discuss in the second part of the prologue?
(a) the differences between comedy and tragedy.
(b) her ideas about love.
(c) her wardrobe.
(d) her ideal husband.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jack learn about his parents?
2. What does the sergeant at law claim when he is given this item?
3. When was the prologue added?
4. Who stands in the way of the lovers?
5. What does Sheridan invite the audience to do?
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