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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By firing back at the audience, what does Congreve do?
(a) He pretends to admire them while he really hates them.
(b) He infuriates the audience.
(c) He lectures them about their lack of artistic understanding.
(d) He defends his decision to add some unusual and new elements to the play.

2. What else does Foible tell Mrs. Fainall?
(a) Mirabell finds Mrs. Fainall unattractive.
(b) Mrs. Marwood loves Mirabell.
(c) Mrs. Marwood is having an affair.
(d) Mirabell secretly admires Mrs. Marwood.

3. What has Lady Wishfort discovered that has her so angry at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Her maid was stealing from her.
(b) Her suitor, Sir Rowland, was a fake.
(c) Sir Rowland was actually a foreigner.
(d) Fainall is going to ruin her.

4. How much is Mrs. Millamant's fortune?
(a) Six thousand pounds, a vast fortune.
(b) About ten thousand dollars.
(c) A small sum, six thousand pounds.
(d) The play doesn't state a specific sum.

5. What does Mrs. Millamant ask Witwoud and Petulant as they enter the room in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Where Sir Wilfull is.
(b) If they have stopped arguing.
(c) Who Sir Wilfull is.
(d) If they would sing with Mrs. Marwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Marwood promise herself after hearing how Mirabell feels about her?

2. Congreve's character Mirabell is a master ________ .

3. What does the expression 'errant knave' mean?

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

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

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