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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lady Wishfort has arranged for the party to include all of the following except one item. Which one is it?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Skits.
(c) Music.
(d) Dancing.

2. What qualities is the proposed marriage between Sir Rowland and Lady Wishfort rooted in?
(a) Adultery, deceit, and pretentiousness.
(b) Society's conception of marriage, illicit sex, and lies.
(c) Falsehood, deceit and conformity with society's expectations.
(d) Vanity, greed and lies.

3. What is Lady Wishfort planning to do?
(a) Divorce Fainall.
(b) Disinherit Mirabell.
(c) Marry Mrs. Millamant to Mirabell's uncle.
(d) Marry Mirabell.

4. When Mrs. Millamant makes her first appearance on stage, Mrs. Millimant interacts with Mirabell and Mrs. Fainall. Which word best describes Mrs. Millamant's character after this scene?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Cold.
(c) Strong.
(d) Foolish.

5. How does Mrs. Marwood answer Fainall when he joins her in the park?
(a) She hates his wife.
(b) She is protective of Fainall's honor.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) She is tired of arguing with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Foible claim that Lady Wishfort will discover about Waitwell?

2. In the chocolate house, what does Mirabel's discussion of Mrs. Millamant's character reveal?

3. Lady Wishfort convinces herself that her daughter is innocent in a soliloquy. What is a soliloquy?

4. Which room in Lady Wishfort's house is the setting for Act 4, Scene 2?

5. All of the following characteristics of Lady Wishfort's girlish excitement at Sir Rowland's visit are revealed except one. Which characteristic is not true of Lady Wishfort?

(see the answer key)

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