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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Petulant hire three prostitutes?
(a) Act as a foil to his popularity.
(b) Feign importance to his peers.
(c) Satisfy his sexual needs.
(d) Show his lack of social sensitivity.

2. Mirabell's plan involves ________ Lady Wishfort.
(a) Making love to.
(b) Blackmailing.
(c) Murdering.
(d) Persuading.

3. What is Lady Wishfort planning to do?
(a) Disinherit Mirabell.
(b) Marry Mrs. Millamant to Mirabell's uncle.
(c) Divorce Fainall.
(d) Marry Mirabell.

4. What does the success of Congreve's play depend on?
(a) His following.
(b) Its own merit.
(c) His past successes.
(d) His previous body of work.

5. Why were the first performances heavily criticized?
(a) Because of the new concept of marriage it introduced.
(b) Because they did not contain farce.
(c) Because Congreve's writing was not pleasant.
(d) Because the theatergoers expected to see celebrities attacked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Fainall bored when talking with Mirabell in the chocolate house?

2. What are the tastes of poets determined by?

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

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

5. What does Foible convince Lady Wishfort to announce about the uncle?

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