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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What social issues did the play focus on?
(a) Love and honesty between equals.
(b) Love and marriage arrangements.
(c) Love, marriage, and honesty.
(d) Honesty in all aspects of life.

2. How does Foible disobey Lady Wishfort instructions when Lady Wishfort sends Foible to ensure Sir Wilfull and Mrs. Millamant talk?
(a) By going to Mrs. Millamant instead.
(b) By speaking to Mrs. Fainall in the corridor.
(c) By locating Sir Wilfull, but offering him more drink.
(d) By telling Sir Wilfull that Mrs. Marwood wants to speak with him.

3. What does Mirabell, on the other hand, ask of Mrs. Millamant if they are married?
(a) To love him always.
(b) To never be as unfaithful as Mrs. Fainall.
(c) To not become a gossip.
(d) To plot with only her female friends.

4. Why does Fainall say he married his wife?
(a) For her money.
(b) For her good breeding.
(c) For love.
(d) For her social position.

5. For what purpose are the cosmetics used in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) As a symbol of how people cover themselves up.
(b) As a device to mask one's feelings.
(c) As a symbol of loose morals.
(d) As a way to disguise age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Marwood answer Fainall when he joins her in the park?

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

3. What does the success of Congreve's play depend on?

4. What does Mrs. Marwood say to Mrs. Fainall about men?

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

(see the answer key)

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