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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) Sometimes.
(b) Perhaps.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

2. What is the purpose of the play?
(a) To entertain the audience.
(b) To add to the audience's knowledge.
(c) To lecture the audience and therefore, society.
(d) To instruct the audience in life.

3. 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.

4. What is the purpose of this play's prologue?
(a) To introduce Congreve and his play.
(b) To encourage other poets.
(c) To instruct the audience about love.
(d) To set the stage for a 'rant' against society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mirabell pretend to love Lady Wishfort?

2. What does the prologue permit Congreve to do to the audience?

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

4. What did Lady Wishfort say or do that offended Mirabell?

5. Who are the fools spoken of in the prologue?

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