She Stoops to Conquer Quizzes

She Stoops to Conquer Quiz 1

1 Who recites the play's prologue?
Marlow

Kate Hardcastle

Tony Lumpkin

Mr. Woodward
2 What does Mr. Hardcastle disdain most of all?
Arranged marriages

Country manners

Town manners

Money
3 Why does Mrs. Hardcastle defend Tony?
She's his mother

She hates Hardcastle

She does not defend him

He blackmails her
4 Why does Mr. Hardcastle worry about Kate?
He worries the town manners have infected he.r

He worries she dresses immodestly.

He worries she will marry poorly.

He worries she is sick.
5 How does Kate dress in the morning?
In gowns

In rags

Plainly

Fashionably
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?
Tony Lumpkin

Marlow

Hastings

Sir Charles
8 Who does Mrs. Hardcastle hope Tony will marry?
Constance Neville

She does not want him married

Kate Hardcastle

The landlady at the inn
9 Which character is the best example of moderation?
Mr. Hardcastle

Tony Lumpkin

Mrs. Hardcastle

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

Vanity

Depression

Thievery
11 Why is Constance excited to hear Marlow is visiting?
She loves Marlow

She is not excited

He brings her her fortune

Hastings is with him
12 What is Constance's inheritance?
She is destitute

A dowry

A set of gowns

Jewels
13 Where does Tony drink with friends?
In the garden

The Marked Laugh

The Three Pigeons

In his bedroom
14 Who does Tony not attack in his pub song?
Teachers

Drunkards

Sanctimonious people

Clergy
15 Who is Tony's ally in fooling Marlow and Hastings?
The landlord

Kate

Diggory

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

Marlow is blind

He fills the lie with details

The men are drunk
17 What warning does Hardcastle give his servants?
Not to feed the guests duck

Not to act too formally

Not to laugh at his stories

Not to appear too regularly
18 What is the name of the head servant?
Diggory

Chuck

Master Blanchard

Justin
19 Which character has a complicated relationship with his or her mother?
Hastings

Mr. Hardcastle

Tony

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

They ignore him.

They petrify him.

He grows confident.
21 Why must Hastings hide his identity?
He wants to play a practical joke.

He is poor.

He is a criminal.

He wants to elope with Constance.
22 What do Hastings and Marlow want for dinner?
Prune Sauce

Calf's brains

Duck

Bangers and mash
23 Which of the following is not an example of Marlow's vanity?
His worry about a woman's beauty

His worry about clothes

His worry about education

His worry about social standing
24 What does Hardcastle expect to find in Marlow?
Modesty

Humor

Impudence

Eloquence
25 Who discovers Tony's lie first?
Hardcastle

Mrs. Hardcastle

Hastings

Marlow

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