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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Marwood claim while talking to Mrs. Fainall?
(a) She would rather love and be left than not be loved at all.
(b) Men are cold as husbands.
(c) Lovers are more passionate.
(d) She is cuckolding her husband with Mirabell.

2. What happens if Mirabell's uncle marries and has a child?
(a) Mirabell will be penniless.
(b) Fainall will receive a fee for helping the uncle.
(c) Mirabell will lose his inheritance.
(d) The uncle will gain his statue in society.

3. What does Mrs. Marwood say to Mrs. Fainall about men?
(a) She is having an affair.
(b) She hates all men.
(c) She is in love with Mirabell.
(d) She loves her husband.

4. What does the dramatic device of naming characters that are symbolic of their personality traits allow the playwright Congreve to do?
(a) Inform the audience about each character without having to develop them.
(b) Suggest a course of action for the characters.
(c) Limit a character's significance.
(d) Create a favorable impression for each character.

5. What are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood doing to each other in the park?
(a) Questioning each other about their opinion of love.
(b) Trying to determine if the other is having an affair.
(c) Investigating each other's love affairs.
(d) Testing each other about Mirabell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What is a cabal?

3. What are the tastes of poets determined by?

4. The actor who reads the prologue also plays which character?

5. What news does the footman bring Mirabell at the chocolate house?

(see the answer key)

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