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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood as Act 2, Scene 1 opens?
(a) At Mrs. Fainall's house.
(b) In St. James Park.
(c) In the country.
(d) In Lady Wishfort's house

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

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

4. Why does Congreve tell the audience that they will not be offended to any reference to fools in the play?
(a) Because the fools he is referring to are other artists.
(b) Because they are not fools themselves.
(c) Because they will understand his intentions.
(d) Because they are society and he doesn't want to offend society members.

5. Why was the cologne given to the footmen?
(a) To give the footmen a little bonus.
(b) To add to the elegance of the party.
(c) To prevent the footmen from smelling like stable hands.
(d) To disguise bodily odor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Millamant react to Mirabell's visit and finishing the poem she is reciting?

2. What does Mrs. Fainall reveal to Foible in her mother's dressing room?

3. Act 2, Scene 2 reveals the reason Mrs. Fainall married her husband. What was the reason?

4. Why did Mirabell pretend to love Lady Wishfort?

5. What is a chocolate house?

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