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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. What does Mirabell's plan consist of?
(a) Winning Mrs. Millamant's aunt's favor so she would give her blessing.
(b) Entering into a plot with Mrs. Marwood.
(c) Hiding his true feelings about Mrs. Fainall.
(d) Trying to make others believe that he wasn't interested in Mrs. Millamant.

2. What does Mirabell suggest that Mrs. Fainall do if she no longer loves her husband?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Divorce him.
(d) Maintain a status quo with him.

3. Why did Waitwell marry Foible?
(a) So that he couldn't marry Wishfort.
(b) Because she was pregnant.
(c) Because he wants to start a family.
(d) Because he loved her.

4. What word best describes the relationship Fainall has with Mrs. Marwood?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Filled with underlying rage.
(c) Troubled.
(d) Loving and tender.

5. Who are Witwoud and Petulant?
(a) Followers of Mrs. Millamant.
(b) Important gentlemen of this social group.
(c) Mrs. Millamant's servants.
(d) Lady Wishfort's servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Marwood claim while talking to Mrs. Fainall?

2. How does Witwoud describe Petulant?

3. What does Fainall claim about Mrs. Marwood?

4. 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:

5. Why does the prologue refer to Congreve as a 'passive poet'?

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