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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 are the tastes of poets determined by?
(a) Upbringing.
(b) Fortune.
(c) How their lives evolve over time.
(d) Religious beliefs.

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

3. How does Congreve use satire in the prologue?
(a) He makes fun of the audience.
(b) He suggests that farce is outdated.
(c) He uses theatrical devices to enhance satire.
(d) He states the play does not contain satire, but it is full of satirical pictures of the different behaviors of the characters.

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

5. What does Fainall comment about the gathering the previous evening at Lady Wishfort's?
(a) Mrs. Millamant has another lover.
(b) Witwoud and Petulant are only trying to woo Mrs. Millamant.
(c) Everyone knows that Mrs. Millamant is unhappy with Mirabell.
(d) Mrs. Millamant was only obeying her aunt's wishes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Congreve tell the audience that they will not be offended to any reference to fools in the play?

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