She Stoops to Conquer Quizzes

She Stoops to Conquer Quiz 1

1 Who recites the play's prologue?
Mr. Woodward

Tony Lumpkin

Marlow

Kate Hardcastle
2 What does Mr. Hardcastle disdain most of all?
Money

Town manners

Arranged marriages

Country manners
3 Why does Mrs. Hardcastle defend Tony?
He blackmails her

She does not defend him

She hates Hardcastle

She's his mother
4 Why does Mr. Hardcastle worry about Kate?
He worries she is sick.

He worries she will marry poorly.

He worries she dresses immodestly.

He worries the town manners have infected he.r
5 How does Kate dress in the morning?
Fashionably

In gowns

Plainly

In rags
6 How does Kate dress in the evenings?
Plainly

In gowns

In rags

Fashionably
7 Who does Hardcastle hope Kate will marry at the beginning of the play?
Marlow

Sir Charles

Hastings

Tony Lumpkin
8 Who does Mrs. Hardcastle hope Tony will marry?
Kate Hardcastle

She does not want him married

The landlady at the inn

Constance Neville
9 Which character is the best example of moderation?
Tony Lumpkin

Mr. Hardcastle

Mrs. Hardcastle

Kate
10 What is Mrs. Hardcastle's great vice?
Thievery

Lust

Vanity

Depression
11 Why is Constance excited to hear Marlow is visiting?
He brings her her fortune

Hastings is with him

She is not excited

She loves Marlow
12 What is Constance's inheritance?
A dowry

She is destitute

Jewels

A set of gowns
13 Where does Tony drink with friends?
In his bedroom

In the garden

The Three Pigeons

The Marked Laugh
14 Who does Tony not attack in his pub song?
Teachers

Clergy

Drunkards

Sanctimonious people
15 Who is Tony's ally in fooling Marlow and Hastings?
Diggory

Kate

The landlord

Hardcastle
16 Why is Tony's practical joke believable?
The Hardcastle home looks like an inn

He fills the lie with details

The men are drunk

Marlow is blind
17 What warning does Hardcastle give his servants?
Not to feed the guests duck

Not to appear too regularly

Not to act too formally

Not to laugh at his stories
18 What is the name of the head servant?
Master Blanchard

Chuck

Justin

Diggory
19 Which character has a complicated relationship with his or her mother?
Tony

Mr. Hardcastle

Kate

Hastings
20 What happens when Marlow speaks to a "modest" woman?
They mock him.

They petrify him.

He grows confident.

They ignore him.
21 Why must Hastings hide his identity?
He wants to play a practical joke.

He wants to elope with Constance.

He is a criminal.

He is poor.
22 What do Hastings and Marlow want for dinner?
Bangers and mash

Prune Sauce

Calf's brains

Duck
23 Which of the following is not an example of Marlow's vanity?
His worry about clothes

His worry about education

His worry about social standing

His worry about a woman's beauty
24 What does Hardcastle expect to find in Marlow?
Impudence

Eloquence

Humor

Modesty
25 Who discovers Tony's lie first?
Mrs. Hardcastle

Hastings

Marlow

Hardcastle

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