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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the playwright attempt to do with his writing of "The School for Scandal and Other Plays"?
(a) Get scandal under control.
(b) Attain wealth.
(c) Entertain the masses.
(d) Encourage people to tolerate each other more.

2. What is the benefit of looking beneath the surface, according to the speaker of "A Portrait"?
(a) One may find gold.
(b) One may find their watch.
(c) One can find the true worth of people.
(d) One should never look beneath the surface.

3. Why is it that Sir Oliver does not trust his nephew Joseph completely?
(a) Because he has lied to him (Sir Oliver) in the past.
(b) Because his schoolmaster caught him cheating on an exam.
(c) Because he does not have any enemies.
(d) Because he took a pocket watch from him (Sir Oliver) when he was ten (10).

4. Playwright Sheridan refers to Mr. Moses as which of the following?
(a) The profound poet.
(b) The honest Israelite.
(c) The colorful storyteller.
(d) The literary gentleman.

5. Who desperately wants to be a suitor to Maria?
(a) Peter Teazle.
(b) Uncle Crabtree.
(c) Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Joseph Surface.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Peter try to do in relation to Lady Teazle's arrival in Scene 1 of Act 3?

2. How will the security for the request made in Act 3, Scene 2 be obtained?

3. Who is the protagonist of The School for Scandal?

4. Why does the speaker in the Prologue say that Sheridan is acting foolishly?

5. What is Sheridan attacking, according to the Prologue?

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