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

2. Lady Sneerwell would like to be courted by whom of the following?
(a) Uncle Crabtree.
(b) Charles Surface.
(c) Peter Teazle.
(d) Joseph Surface.

3. Why does Lady Sneerwell undertake her next project?
(a) She wants Charles for herself because she knows him to be a very noble soul underneath his shell of decrepit morals and dissipation.
(b) She is jealous of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle's happiness.
(c) She is angry at him for ruining their last plan.
(d) She does not want Sir Oliver Surface to return to London.

4. What is Sheridan attacking, according to the Prologue?
(a) The politics of his nation.
(b) The giant problems of gossip and scandal.
(c) His family.
(d) The institution of marriage.

5. Who is pleased to hear of Snake's employment in this matter?
(a) Maria.
(b) Joseph Surface.
(c) Sir Oliver Surface.
(d) Charles Surface.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In one word, what is the subject of the play?

3. Who receives a few lines of a letter to use in the assassination of someone's reputation?

4. What does the playwright attempt to do with his writing of "The School for Scandal and Other Plays"?

5. What novel is alluded to in the Prologue?

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