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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 type of love does Julia offer?

2. Who does Lucius kiss?

3. Who intervened in Lydia's affairs with Beverly?

4. Why is Faulkland sad?

5. What does Lucy contemplate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Jack wait for Faulkland?

2. What does Lucius talk Acres into?

3. What will Jack tell Beverly that Acres is called?

4. What does Julia say in response to Faulkland's story?

5. Is Lydia happy to discover that she can now marry her Beverly?

6. Who does Captain Absolute bribe?

7. Who presents the prologue of the play to the audience?

8. How does Sheridan immediately begin his story?

9. Why does Lydia love her poor soldier?

10. Did Sheridan ever rewrite the script? If so, why did he rewrite the script?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sheridan make it clear that he would like a return of the comedy of manners?

1. Through his words?

2. Actions of the characters?

3. Staging of the play?

Essay Topic 2

1. Pick out a character from the book and describe them as well as their actions.

2. Does this character remind you of anyone? Who, and why?

3. How would you have changed the situation to stop the miscommunication that kept on occurring?

4. How would you change the course of events that happened in the play as the character?

Essay Topic 3

1. How are the characters of Faulkland and Lydia a foil of each other?

2. Do you agree with the assertion?

3. What is a FOIL, please explain.

4. What other characters might be foilLs?

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