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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Climax.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Omnipresence.

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

3. Why is Mrs. Fainall's husband cold to her?
(a) He no longer loves her.
(b) His libido has lessened with age.
(c) He hates her for cuckolding him.
(d) Because of his affair with Mrs. Marwood.

4. Why are poets often fooled?
(a) They believe in their work and expect others to understand and like it.
(b) They believe what people tell them to their face.
(c) They are fooled into believing that one successful play means the next one will be successful also.
(d) They don't study their critics.

5. What does Fainall claim about Mrs. Marwood?
(a) She is concerned about her reputation.
(b) She is really angry with him.
(c) She is jealous of his wife spending time with Mirabell.
(d) She is bored in his company.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the second kind of fool blessed by?

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

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

5. Who told Lady Wishfort about Mirabell's deception?

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