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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. What happens when Mincing enters the room in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Lady Wishfort speaks to Mrs. Marwood.
(b) Everyone leaves except Fainall and Mrs. Marwood.
(c) Fainall speaks to his wife.
(d) Everyone greets Sir Wilfull.

2. What does the prologue do?
(a) Limits criticism of the play.
(b) Introduces Congreve and his play.
(c) Instructs the audience on how to react to the play.
(d) Challenges the audience to try something new.

3. The prologue begins with a comparison of what?
(a) Fortune and destiny.
(b) Poets and members of society.
(c) Two kinds of fools.
(d) Poets and other artists.

4. What does Mrs. Marwood's letter to Lady Wishfort reveal?
(a) The marriage contract is actually a fake.
(b) Sir Rowland is an imposter.
(c) Sir Rowland is actually an errant knight.
(d) The contents of Sir Rowland's black box.

5. What qualities is the proposed marriage between Sir Rowland and Lady Wishfort rooted in?
(a) Falsehood, deceit and conformity with society's expectations.
(b) Adultery, deceit, and pretentiousness.
(c) Vanity, greed and lies.
(d) Society's conception of marriage, illicit sex, and lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Foible do when she enters Lady Wishfort's dressing room?

2. Where is Mrs. Marwood at the opening of Act 3, Scene 2?

3. Where are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood as Act 2, Scene 1 opens?

4. What do the different marriages introduced in the play seem to be motivated by?

5. All of the following characteristics of Lady Wishfort's girlish excitement at Sir Rowland's visit are revealed except one. Which characteristic is not true of Lady Wishfort?

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