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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker of the Prologue say will be the subject of the play?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Scandal.
(c) Family.
(d) Friendship.

2. How do most people feel about the subject of the play?
(a) They are indifferent.
(b) They are hurt by the gossip.
(c) They are eager to hear bad reports and gossip about people.
(d) They hate feeling responsible for others' pain.

3. Toward whom does Lady Teazle shift the blame for her own desire to live the best life that money can buy?
(a) Joseph Surface.
(b) Lady Sneerwell.
(c) Mrs. Candour.
(d) Sir Peter Teazle.

4. In the prologue to the play, what is noted as not being necessary to bring into the world?
(a) More scandal.
(b) More population.
(c) More misery.
(d) More compassion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Richard Brinsley Sheridan?

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

3. Who is The School for Scandal dedicated to?

4. Who is pleased to hear of Snake's employment in this matter?

5. Prior to his marriage to Lady Teazle, what type of woman did Sir Peter try to find to court and marry?

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