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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the tastes of poets determined by?
(a) Upbringing.
(b) How their lives evolve over time.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Religious beliefs.

2. Why is Fainall bored when talking with Mirabell in the chocolate house?
(a) Because Mrs. Millamant enters and begins to talk to them.
(b) Because Sir Rowland enters and begins to talk to them.
(c) Because Mirabell is distracted.
(d) Because Mirabell doesn't know how to play.

3. What is the purpose of this play's prologue?
(a) To instruct the audience about love.
(b) To encourage other poets.
(c) To set the stage for a 'rant' against society.
(d) To introduce Congreve and his play.

4. What does Fainall comment about the gathering the previous evening at Lady Wishfort's?
(a) Witwoud and Petulant are only trying to woo Mrs. Millamant.
(b) Mrs. Millamant has another lover.
(c) Mrs. Millamant was only obeying her aunt's wishes.
(d) Everyone knows that Mrs. Millamant is unhappy with Mirabell.

5. Which one of the follow was not part of Mirabell's plan?
(a) Mirabell wrote a song about Wishfort.
(b) Mirabell appealed to Wishfort's vanity.
(c) Mirabell reported that she was pregnant.
(d) Mirabell wrote a lampoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The prologue begins with a comparison of what?

2. Why did Mirabell pretend to love Lady Wishfort?

3. How does Congreve use satire in the prologue?

4. What is the second kind of fool blessed by?

5. What does the success of Congreve's play depend on?

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