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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julia fall in love with?
(a) Faulkland's eyes.
(b) Faulkland's hands.
(c) Fualkland's words.
(d) Faulkland's tragic romantic fantasies.

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

3. What does the play exhibit?
(a) the lyricism of Sheridan's tones.
(b) Sheridan's humorous writing style.
(c) the shared human condition.
(d) stubbornness.

4. Are Mr. Faulkland and Jack good friends?
(a) Yes, but onlyu because Jack feels bad for him.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) No, because the two were in a duel together.

5. What does Sir Absolute fail to mention?
(a) That he wishes he could be young again.
(b) That the heiress is Lydia .
(c) That he wishes Jack was not his son.
(d) That he is in love with Mrs Malaprop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Fag inform Jack about his intended?

2. What does Faulkland promise himself?

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

4. What does Lucius think Lydia is?

5. What does Jack learn about his parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sheridan write the epilogue?

2. Who is Lydia's cousin?

3. What does Mrs Malaprop inform Jack of?

4. How does Faulkland react when he finds out how Julia has been fairing?

5. Why does Lydia love her poor soldier?

6. Why does Mrs Malaprop interrupt the meeting?

7. Where does Faulkland wait for Julia?

8. Where does Lucy meet Sir Lucius?

9. When Jack does speak, what does he do?

10. When was the prologue added to the play?

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