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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mrs. Millamant's response to her aunt's statement?
(a) She feels hurt for Mirabell.
(b) She laughs, too.
(c) She agrees with her.
(d) She is offended.

2. Another dramatic device is used in the final lines of Act 1, Scene 1 when Mirabell hints at a scheme involving Wishfort's maid. This device is known as:
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Omnipresence.
(d) Climax.

3. Why does Mrs. Marwood only want to pretend she is cuckolding her husband?
(a) Because she thinks he loves Mrs. Millimant.
(b) Because he will suffer longer if he can't prove it.
(c) Because he will suffer longer if he can't prove it.
(d) Because she thinks he doesn't love her any more.

4. What are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood doing to each other in the park?
(a) Trying to determine if the other is having an affair.
(b) Testing each other about Mirabell.
(c) Investigating each other's love affairs.
(d) Questioning each other about their opinion of love.

5. How does Witwoud describe Petulant?
(a) As a person lacking breeding.
(b) As a blockhead.
(c) As humorless.
(d) As a monster similar to Caliban.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the dramatic device of naming characters that are symbolic of their personality traits allow the playwright Congreve to do?

2. What does the prologue do?

3. The actor who reads the prologue also plays which character?

4. Who is the least important male character in the play?

5. What does Mirabell state that he believes about Mrs. Millamant to Fainall?

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