She Stoops to Conquer Quizzes

She Stoops to Conquer Quiz 1

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

Marlow

Kate Hardcastle

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

Arranged marriages

Town manners

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

She hates Hardcastle

She's his mother

She does not defend him
4 Why does Mr. Hardcastle worry about Kate?
He worries she dresses immodestly.

He worries she is sick.

He worries she will marry poorly.

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

Plainly

In rags

Fashionably
6 How does Kate dress in the evenings?
Fashionably

In gowns

In rags

Plainly
7 Who does Hardcastle hope Kate will marry at the beginning of the play?
Sir Charles

Hastings

Marlow

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?
Mrs. Hardcastle

Tony Lumpkin

Kate

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

Lust

Depression

Vanity
11 Why is Constance excited to hear Marlow is visiting?
Hastings is with him

She loves Marlow

He brings her her fortune

She is not excited
12 What is Constance's inheritance?
A set of gowns

Jewels

She is destitute

A dowry
13 Where does Tony drink with friends?
The Three Pigeons

In his bedroom

The Marked Laugh

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

Clergy

Sanctimonious people

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

The landlord

Diggory

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 appear too regularly

Not to act too formally

Not to feed the guests duck

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?
Hastings

Tony

Mr. Hardcastle

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

He grows confident.

They ignore him.

They mock him.
21 Why must Hastings hide his identity?
He is poor.

He wants to play a practical joke.

He wants to elope with Constance.

He is a criminal.
22 What do Hastings and Marlow want for dinner?
Duck

Prune Sauce

Calf's brains

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 education

His worry about clothes

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?
Hastings

Mrs. Hardcastle

Hardcastle

Marlow

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