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

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

3. Who usually writes the Prologue?
(a) The playwright's mother.
(b) Someone other than the playwright.
(c) The playwright.
(d) The audience.

4. According to the information included in the prologue, what is the rate of probability that the playwright will succeed in attempting to address the issue of focus in the play?
(a) Impossible to achieve.
(b) Unlikely to achieve.
(c) Highly likely to achieve.
(d) Likely to achieve.

5. What does the playwright attempt to do with his writing of "The School for Scandal and Other Plays"?
(a) Attain wealth.
(b) Encourage people to tolerate each other more.
(c) Get scandal under control.
(d) Entertain the masses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the speaker of "A Portrait" address?

2. Why does Lady Sneerwell undertake her next project?

3. Who desperately wants to be a suitor to Maria?

4. What were playwrights trying to build through the use of prologues during the historical time period in which the play was written?

5. Who speaks in the Prologue?

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