She Stoops to Conquer Quizzes

She Stoops to Conquer Quiz 1

By S.R. Cedars · Edited by Alice Cullina · Last reviewed September 08, 2012

1 Who recites the play's prologue?

Marlow

Kate Hardcastle

Tony Lumpkin

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

Money

Country manners

Town manners

Arranged marriages
3 Why does Mrs. Hardcastle defend Tony?

She does not defend him

She's his mother

He blackmails her

She hates Hardcastle
4 Why does Mr. Hardcastle worry about Kate?

He worries she dresses immodestly.

He worries the town manners have infected he.r

He worries she will marry poorly.

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

In rags

In gowns

Plainly

Fashionably
6 How does Kate dress in the evenings?

In gowns

Fashionably

Plainly

In rags
7 Who does Hardcastle hope Kate will marry at the beginning of the play?

Tony Lumpkin

Hastings

Sir Charles

Marlow
8 Who does Mrs. Hardcastle hope Tony will marry?

The landlady at the inn

She does not want him married

Constance Neville

Kate Hardcastle
9 Which character is the best example of moderation?

Kate

Mr. Hardcastle

Tony Lumpkin

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

Lust

Thievery

Vanity

Depression
11 Why is Constance excited to hear Marlow is visiting?

He brings her her fortune

She loves Marlow

She is not excited

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

Jewels

A dowry

She is destitute

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

In his bedroom

The Three Pigeons

The Marked Laugh

In the garden
14 Who does Tony not attack in his pub song?

Teachers

Sanctimonious people

Clergy

Drunkards
15 Who is Tony's ally in fooling Marlow and Hastings?

Diggory

The landlord

Kate

Hardcastle
16 Why is Tony's practical joke believable?

The men are drunk

Marlow is blind

He fills the lie with details

The Hardcastle home looks like an inn
17 What warning does Hardcastle give his servants?

Not to laugh at his stories

Not to act too formally

Not to appear too regularly

Not to feed the guests duck
18 What is the name of the head servant?

Justin

Master Blanchard

Diggory

Chuck
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.

He grows confident.

They ignore him.

They petrify him.
21 Why must Hastings hide his identity?

He is a criminal.

He wants to play a practical joke.

He wants to elope with Constance.

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

Duck

Calf's brains

Prune Sauce

Bangers and mash
23 Which of the following is not an example of Marlow's vanity?

His worry about clothes

His worry about social standing

His worry about a woman's beauty

His worry about education
24 What does Hardcastle expect to find in Marlow?

Humor

Modesty

Eloquence

Impudence
25 Who discovers Tony's lie first?

Hardcastle

Mrs. Hardcastle

Hastings

Marlow

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