The Rivals Quotes

Question 1

Lydia Languish

Answer 1

“Heigh-Ho”
“Our memories are independent from our wills”
“Surely nothing can be as loathsome as addresses of a stranger to ones heart”
“Lawyers! I hate lawyers!”

Question 2

Mrs Malaprop

Answer 2

“Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory”
“O, it gives me the hydrostatics to such a degree”
“Pardon my blushes - I am Delia”
“hussy”
“Must not misspell or mispronounce words”

Question 3

Julia

Answer 3

“Gratitude may have strengthened my affection for Mr Faulkland but I love him before he preserved me”
“It lost you the love of one who would have followed you in beggary through the world”
Epilogue - “love gilds the scene / women guide the plot”

Question 4

Jack Absolute

Answer 4

“You blockhead, never say more than is necessary”
“(Aside) O the devil! My last note.”
“A bauble for Lydia”

Question 5

Sir Anthony Absolute

Answer 5

“Objection! Let him object of he dare!”
“Damn me if I’ll ever call you Jack again”
“Puppy”

Question 6

Lucy

Answer 6

“(Altering her manner)”

“Corresponding with not the aunt but with the niece”

Question 7

Fag

Answer 7

“She could pay the national debt as easily as I could pay my washerwoman”

Question 8

Bob Acres

Answer 8

“Jealous of me, that’s a good joke”
“Dress does make a difference David”
“But my honour David! My honour!”

Question 9

David

Answer 9

“This honour seems to me to be a marvellous false friend”