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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Lady Wishfort steps out of the dining room to read a letter, what does Waitwell claim to Foible?
(a) He would rather be a chairman than Wishfort's husband.
(b) He thinks Lady Wishfort is obsessed with sex.
(c) He is rather tired of this pretense.
(d) He knows he is in over his head.

2. Why does Mirabell believe the scheme to deceive Lady Wishfort is necessary?
(a) So that she will give Mrs. Millamant her money.
(b) So that she will divide her estate.
(c) So she will not interfere with their marriage.
(d) So that she leaves her fortune to Mrs. Millamant.

3. Why were the first performances heavily criticized?
(a) Because the theatergoers expected to see celebrities attacked.
(b) Because of the new concept of marriage it introduced.
(c) Because Congreve's writing was not pleasant.
(d) Because they did not contain farce.

4. Why would tabloid reporters be unable to judge the play?
(a) They have no training in theater arts.
(b) Because they want to connect famous people with the characters.
(c) They are unscrupulous.
(d) They are gossip mongers.

5. What do the different marriages introduced in the play seem to be motivated by?
(a) Greed.
(b) The need to protect their reputations.
(c) Social convenience.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lady Wishfort dismiss Foible?

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

3. Who delivered the epilogue?

4. What has Mrs. Marwood overheard in her hiding place while Lady Wishfort questions Foible and after Lady Wishfort leaves the room?

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

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