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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. What is it that everyone is always eager to hear as mentioned in the prologue of the play?
(a) Good news about people.
(b) Secular music.
(c) The sound of money jingling in a pocket.
(d) Bad reports and gossip about people.

2. Which of the following terms best describes the marriage of Sir Peter Teazle and Lady Teazle?
(a) Arranged.
(b) Convenient.
(c) Stormy.
(d) Blissful.

3. Why is Sheridan attacking this subject with his pen?
(a) To gain fame.
(b) He does not attack this subject with his pen.
(c) To spread the message.
(d) To bring it under control.

4. What do Charles and Joseph Surface have in common relating to Sir Oliver?
(a) They would like to beat him at playing chess.
(b) They consider him a pest.
(c) They have each been promised an acre of land by him.
(d) They have never met Sir Oliver.

5. What were playwrights trying to build through the use of prologues during the historical time period in which the play was written?
(a) Interest in a favorite charitable project of the playwright.
(b) Sympathy for and interest in the subject matter.
(c) Fame and fortune for themselves.
(d) A decent level of trust with the audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men in Act 3, Scene 3 sing?

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

3. When Sir Peter leaves the gossipers' gathering at the home of Lady Sneerwell, what does he claim to have left behind?

4. Why do Sir Oliver, Sir Peter, and Rowley hatch a plan?

5. Is anyone else sitting with Charles at the table?

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