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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the audience advised not to do as a presentation of "The School for Scandal and Other Plays" is about to begin?
(a) Smoke in the playhouse.
(b) Applaud between scenes.
(c) Share the storyline with anyone who has not seen the play.
(d) Create or listen to tales of scandal about others.

2. Who speaks in the Prologue?
(a) Sheridan.
(b) Sir Oliver Surface.
(c) Joseph Surface.
(d) David Garrick.

3. What does Sir Peter ask Rowley not to tell his friend about?
(a) His marriage.
(b) His feelings about Charles.
(c) His marital strife.
(d) Nothing.

4. Which literary character listed below is alluded to in the prologue to the play in relation to its playwright?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) King Lear.

5. Lady Sneerwell is planning to pair off Maria with whom of the following?
(a) Snake.
(b) Benjamin Backbite.
(c) Joseph Surface.
(d) Uncle Crabtree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Rowley's opinion of Charles Surface?

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

3. To whom does Sir Peter attribute much of Lady Teazle's shrewish behavior?

4. What does the speaker of "A Portrait" say about appearances?

5. What does Sir Peter think about Charles?

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