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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. By firing back at the audience, what does Congreve do?
(a) He infuriates the audience.
(b) He pretends to admire them while he really hates them.
(c) He defends his decision to add some unusual and new elements to the play.
(d) He lectures them about their lack of artistic understanding.
2. What does the dramatic device of naming characters that are symbolic of their personality traits allow the playwright Congreve to do?
(a) Create a favorable impression for each character.
(b) Suggest a course of action for the characters.
(c) Inform the audience about each character without having to develop them.
(d) Limit a character's significance.
3. Why does Fainall say he married his wife?
(a) For her good breeding.
(b) For her money.
(c) For her social position.
(d) For love.
4. Why is Mrs. Fainall's husband cold to her?
(a) Because of his affair with Mrs. Marwood.
(b) His libido has lessened with age.
(c) He hates her for cuckolding him.
(d) He no longer loves her.
5. What does Mirabell state that he believes about Mrs. Millamant to Fainall?
(a) That Mrs. Millamant's faults suit her very well.
(b) That Mrs. Millamant's faults are a nuisance.
(c) That he will help her improve on her faults.
(d) That Mrs. Millamant should not be so cruel to him.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Mrs. Millamant's response to her aunt's statement?
2. Who is Mrs. Millamant?
3. Where are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood as Act 2, Scene 1 opens?
4. How does Mrs. Marwood attack Fainall when he angers her?
5. How does Congreve use satire in the prologue?
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