The Rivals | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Prologue Part 1

1. What play is this for Richard Sheridan?

His first.

2. How does the play begin?

With an attorney bribing a sergeant at law.

3. What does the attorney hand to the sergeant at law?

a piece of paper.

4. What does the sergeant at law claim when he is given this item?

That he cannot see the paper.

5. How does the lawyer get the sergeant at law to accept the paper?

He slips money to the sergeant at law.

6. Who exists the stage first?

the lawyer.

7. Who does the sergeant at law present the play to?

the audience.

8. What does he call the audience?

The court of public opinion.

9. What is being judged?

Sheridan's play.

10. What can Sheridan be found guilty of?

a bad atempt to please.

11. What tone is immediately set for the play?

a humorous...
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