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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. What is a prologue?
(a) A part which comes before the audience arrives.
(b) An introduction.
(c) A short synopsis of the coming play.
(d) A teaser which will make the audience want to stay for the whole performance.

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

3. What does the prologue permit Congreve to do to the audience?
(a) It shows how the poet is always in charge of the performance.
(b) It serves as a sounding board for his concept of drama.
(c) It gives him a platform where he can answer his critics.
(d) It allows him to introduce the themes of the play.

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) Create a favorable impression for each character.
(c) Suggest a course of action for the characters.
(d) Limit a character's significance.

5. Why are poets often fooled?
(a) They are fooled into believing that one successful play means the next one will be successful also.
(b) They believe in their work and expect others to understand and like it.
(c) They don't study their critics.
(d) They believe what people tell them to their face.

Short Answer Questions

1. By firing back at the audience, what does Congreve do?

2. Who are Witwoud and Petulant?

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

4. What was Mrs. Millamant's response to her aunt's statement?

5. Who told Lady Wishfort about Mirabell's deception?

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