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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lady Wishfort need to apply rouge?
(a) To match the colors in the portrait.
(b) To improve her looks.
(c) Because the portrait she had painted showed a much younger woman.
(d) To cover up her wrinkles.

2. What is Lady Wishfort's reaction to Mrs. Marwood's suggestion about Sir Wilfull?
(a) She agrees, but thinks they should wait until after her marriage.
(b) She isn't sure.
(c) She disagrees.
(d) She agrees.

3. How does Witwoud describe Petulant?
(a) As humorless.
(b) As a person lacking breeding.
(c) As a blockhead.
(d) As a monster similar to Caliban.

4. What does Mrs. Marwood's letter to Lady Wishfort reveal?
(a) The contents of Sir Rowland's black box.
(b) Sir Rowland is actually an errant knight.
(c) Sir Rowland is an imposter.
(d) The marriage contract is actually a fake.

5. What was Mrs. Millamant's response to her aunt's statement?
(a) She feels hurt for Mirabell.
(b) She is offended.
(c) She agrees with her.
(d) She laughs, too.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mirabell leave Lady Wishfort's house the previous evening?

2. Why are poets often fooled?

3. What is the purpose of the play?

4. All of the following are true except one. As Mrs. Marwood discovers Mirabell's plot, she ______ .

5. Which one of the following statements was not revealed by Mincing to Foible?

(see the answer key)

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