Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the

A Lopsided resolution of conflicts
B Manipulation of appearance and reality
C Contrived misrepresentation of characters
D Match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle

Question 7:

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The comic in the play is found in the

A Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot
B Miss Hardcastle Marlow main plot two sub-plots
C Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot and Hasting-Neville sub-plot
D Miss Hardcastle-Marlow and Hasting-Neville series of sub-plots

Question 8:

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mr. Hardcastle asks Young Marlow to leave his house because

A Marlow is not fit to be Kate's husband
B Young Marlow is more demanding than Hasting
C He is fed up with Marlow annoying behaviour
D Kate objects to being betrothed in absentia

Question 9:

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
'...My son is not to live by his learning. I don't think a boy wants much learning to spend fifteen hundred a year.'
What provokes this response from the speaker is the accusation that

A Tony is in reality without a fortune
B Tony is not a man of consequence
C Marlow is too bashful and reserved
D Tony has not had a good breeding

Question 10:

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mrs. Hard: ..Anybody that looks in his face may
see he's consumptive.
Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of
the symptoms.
Mrs. Hard: He coughs sometimes,
Hard: Yes, when his liquor goes the wrong way
Mrs. Hard: I'm actually afraid of his lungs.
Hard: And truly so am I;...
What takes place immediately after this brief exchange?

A Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle exit
B Tony walks across the stage
C There is a knocking at the door
D Kate enters begging for calm