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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. Are the tastes of poets random?
(a) Perhaps.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

2. What news does the footman bring Mirabell at the chocolate house?
(a) That Foible wanted to speak to him.
(b) That Waitwell and Foible are married.
(c) That his coachman, Waitwell, is waiting with his carriage.
(d) That Waitwell and Foible have run away together.

3. Who are the fools spoken of in the prologue?
(a) Husbands, wives and lovers.
(b) Critics of the play.
(c) Members of society in general.
(d) Poets and natural fools.

4. What does the prologue do?
(a) Instructs the audience on how to react to the play.
(b) Limits criticism of the play.
(c) Challenges the audience to try something new.
(d) Introduces Congreve and his play.

5. The prologue begins with a comparison of what?
(a) Fortune and destiny.
(b) Poets and other artists.
(c) Two kinds of fools.
(d) Poets and members of society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mirabell's plan consist of?

2. What does Fainall comment about the gathering the previous evening at Lady Wishfort's?

3. Why were the first performances heavily criticized?

4. What does the success of Congreve's play depend on?

5. Which one of the follow was not part of Mirabell's plan?

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