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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Marwood do to stop the argument between Petulant and Sir Wilfull in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) She introduces the two brothers.
(b) She asks Sir Wilfull to stay in the city.
(c) She asks them to be quiet.
(d) She says she has a headache.

2. 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.

3. What does Mrs. Fainall ask the maids to do for her at the end of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Vouch for her morals.
(b) Catch her husband cheating on her.
(c) Help her defeat her husband.
(d) Calm her mother.

4. What does Mrs. Millamant ask Witwoud and Petulant as they enter the room in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) If they would sing with Mrs. Marwood.
(b) If they have stopped arguing.
(c) Who Sir Wilfull is.
(d) Where Sir Wilfull is.

5. What social issues did the play focus on?
(a) Love and marriage arrangements.
(b) Love and honesty between equals.
(c) Honesty in all aspects of life.
(d) Love, marriage, and honesty.

6. Which room in Lady Wishfort's house is the setting for Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The drawing room.
(c) The conservatory.
(d) The parlor.

7. Why are failed poets unable to judge Congreve's play?
(a) They would be jealous.
(b) They have no standards as they have already been proven failures.
(c) They would never agree that someone else is successful.
(d) They simply lack the ability to judge another poet's work.

8. What seems to determine the success of the characters in the play?
(a) Their plots.
(b) Their motivations.
(c) Their greed.
(d) Their beliefs.

9. One of the three types of critics that Concreve claims is_____________.
(a) Mirabell.
(b) Tabloid reporters.
(c) Celebrities.
(d) Other playwrights.

10. Why does Congreve say these critics should be the subject of onstage satire?
(a) Because they would retaliate.
(b) Because critics should not be made fun of since they hold a lot of power with the public.
(c) Because they are not important enough to bother with.
(d) Because this would inflate their sense of self-importance.

11. What does Waitwell promise to bring Lady Wishfort when he is revealed as an impostor?
(a) Certain personal documents of Lady Wishfort.
(b) Proof of his identity.
(c) A black box containing a gift for Lady Wishfort.
(d) A black box with a ring for their engagement.

12. Why would tabloid reporters be unable to judge the play?
(a) Because they want to connect famous people with the characters.
(b) They are gossip mongers.
(c) They have no training in theater arts.
(d) They are unscrupulous.

13. Which one of the following statements was not revealed by Mincing to Foible?
(a) Fainall has threatened to divorce his wife unless she gives him her fortune.
(b) Mirabell got Waitwell out of jail.
(c) Fainall has ordered Mirabell arrested.
(d) Mirabell orders her to hide until Lady Wishfort gets over being angry.

14. What does Waitwell bring into the room in the last scene?
(a) His marriage certificate.
(b) His marriage contract with Lady Wishfort.
(c) The black box.
(d) His personal documents.

15. Why is the Fainall marriage over?
(a) Because Mrs. Fainall has learned of his affair with Mrs. Marwood.
(b) Because Lady Wishfort feels her daughter could do better.
(c) Because Mrs. Fainall wants a divorce.
(d) Because Mrs. Marwood told Fainall of his wife's affair with Mirabell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Witwoud and Petulant arguing at the end of Act 4, Scent 1?

2. What happens when Mincing enters the room in Act 3, Scene 3?

3. What is Lady Wishfort doing as Act 4, Scene 2 commences?

4. What does Congreve's cheerful discussion of marriage reveal to the audience?

5. What is the consequence of the revelation made by Mirabell concerning Mrs. Fainall?

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