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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker of "A Portrait" advise against?
(a) Having children.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Selling your family portraits.
(d) Creating scandals and listening to tales of scandal about others.

2. Who receives a few lines of a letter to use in the assassination of someone's reputation?
(a) Mrs. Candour.
(b) Maria.
(c) Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Miss Clackitt.

3. What are two activities that Charles Surface is notorious for engaging in?
(a) Gossiping and destroying reputations.
(b) Devoting time to church and charity.
(c) Reading and debating.
(d) Being drunk and throwing away his money.

4. According to the information in the prologue, in which way is the playwright approaching the issue of focus in the play?
(a) Scientifically researching.
(b) Intelligently exploring.
(c) Foolishly attacking.
(d) Casually examining.

5. The next character assassination project will involve which of the following activities?
(a) Breaking off affections between Benjamin Backbite and Maria.
(b) Breaking off affections Charles Surface and Lady Sneerwell.
(c) Breaking off affections between Lady Sneerwell and Benjamin Backbite.
(d) Breaking off affections between Charles Surface and Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sheridan attacking, according to the Prologue?

2. Which of the lady's abilities does the gentleman praise?

3. What is the benefit of looking beneath the surface, according to the speaker of "A Portrait"?

4. What are members of the audience for the play advised that appearances are capable of doing?

5. Upon hearing the name of whom of the following being gossiped about does Maria react by leaving the room where the gossiping is taking place?

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