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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the speaker in the Prologue say that Sheridan is acting foolishly?
(a) He is attacking a problem that is impossible to bring down.
(b) His wife will be angry.
(c) He will be arrested.
(d) He will hurt many people.

2. What is Lady Teazle eager to know?
(a) What date her archrival, Mrs. Candour, is moving to Liverpool.
(b) Whether Sir Peter is having an affair with Mrs. Candour.
(c) Why Joseph was earnestly entreating Maria to listen to him.
(d) How much her husband's net worth really is.

3. Who usually penned prologues at the time that the play, "School for Scandal and Other Plays" was written?
(a) The playwright.
(b) The script supervisor.
(c) The writer.
(d) The local theatre critic.

4. How do people's reactions to the subject of the play affect the subject itself?
(a) People have no reactions to this subject.
(b) It does not affect the subject at all.
(c) It makes it easier to get rid of.
(d) It makes it impossible to root out.

5. Whose arrival is announced to Sir Peter?
(a) Sir Oliver's.
(b) Lady Candour's.
(c) John Crewe's.
(d) David Garrick's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prologue to the play, what is noted as not being necessary to bring into the world?

2. What does Sir Peter blame his wife's behavior upon?

3. What does Sir Peter's wife demand?

4. What is the one item that Charles is not willing to sell at any cost?

5. What does the party in Act 2, Scene 2 consist of doing?

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