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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does the footman bring Mirabell at the chocolate house?
(a) That Waitwell and Foible have run away together.
(b) That Foible wanted to speak to him.
(c) That Waitwell and Foible are married.
(d) That his coachman, Waitwell, is waiting with his carriage.

2. What does the prologue do?
(a) Limits criticism of the play.
(b) Challenges the audience to try something new.
(c) Instructs the audience on how to react to the play.
(d) Introduces Congreve and his play.

3. As Lady Wishfort steps out of the dining room to read a letter, what does Waitwell claim to Foible?
(a) He thinks Lady Wishfort is obsessed with sex.
(b) He knows he is in over his head.
(c) He would rather be a chairman than Wishfort's husband.
(d) He is rather tired of this pretense.

4. What are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood doing to each other in the park?
(a) Testing each other about Mirabell.
(b) Questioning each other about their opinion of love.
(c) Investigating each other's love affairs.
(d) Trying to determine if the other is having an affair.

5. In the chocolate house, what does Mirabel's discussion of Mrs. Millamant's character reveal?
(a) He truly loves her.
(b) He is a coarse and rude man.
(c) He is interested in her for her money.
(d) He believes her to be a fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the relationship Fainall has with Mrs. Marwood?

2. What does Mrs. Marwood say to Mrs. Fainall about men?

3. Who told Lady Wishfort about Mirabell's deception?

4. What does the prologue permit Congreve to do to the audience?

5. Why does Lady Wishfort question Foible in her dressing room?

(see the answer key)

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