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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Mrs. Marwood overheard in her hiding place while Lady Wishfort questions Foible and after Lady Wishfort leaves the room?
2. Why does Wishfort dislike Mirabell?
3. What does Mirabell state that he believes about Mrs. Millamant to Fainall?
4. Another dramatic device is used in the final lines of Act 1, Scene 1 when Mirabell hints at a scheme involving Wishfort's maid. This device is known as:
5. What does Foible convince Lady Wishfort to announce about the uncle?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain Fainall's circumstances as we know them by Act 2, Scene 1. What is his relationship with the women in the play?
2. Describe Mirabell's feelings for Mrs. Millamant when he discusses his love for her with Fainall in Act 1, Scene 2 in the chocolate house.
3. What is the relationship between Waitwell and Foible?
4. Is Congreve's use of character names symbolic of their personalities an effective device?
5. Describe how the cosmetics used in Act 3, Scene 1 become a symbol.
6. How does Congreve feel about Mirabell's plot?
7. What do you think that Mirabell's scheme to marry Mrs. Millamant will entail?
8. Why does Congreve believe that 'natural fools' are blessed by fortune?
9. Who is the most important character in the play? Describe him.
10. In Act 3, Scene 1, Lady Wishfort is excited about the arrival of Sir Rowland in the evening. In a short paragraph, describe the Sir Rowland plot as shown up to this point. What do you think will happen to Sir Rowland and Lady Wishfort?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
If you were a friend of Mirabell, would you have supported his scheme to marry Mrs. Millamant? Explain why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
Congreve was criticized because he did not use farce in his play. Why was this important to the audiences? How is farce used in today's literature, movies, and TV programs?
Essay Topic 3
In the prologue, Congreve claims that tastes are determined by fate and that natural fools are blessed by fate. What does he mean? Does fate determine our destiny? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
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