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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Another dramatic device is used in the final lines of Act 1, Scene 1 when Mirabell hints at a scheme involving Wishfort's maid. This device is known as:
(a) Climax.
(b) Omnipresence.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Denouement.

3. What does the prologue permit Congreve to do to the audience?
(a) It shows how the poet is always in charge of the performance.
(b) It serves as a sounding board for his concept of drama.
(c) It gives him a platform where he can answer his critics.
(d) It allows him to introduce the themes of the play.

4. What does Lady Wishfort do when she enters her dressing room?
(a) She invites Mrs. Marwood to stay for dinner.
(b) She apologizes and asks her to accompany her to dinner.
(c) She dresses for dinner and sends Mrs. Marwood down ahead of her.
(d) She lets Marwood out and apologizes.

5. When Mrs. Millamant makes her first appearance on stage, Mrs. Millimant interacts with Mirabell and Mrs. Fainall. Which word best describes Mrs. Millamant's character after this scene?
(a) Strong.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Cold.
(d) Foolish.

6. What does Mrs. Marwood claim while talking to Mrs. Fainall?
(a) She would rather love and be left than not be loved at all.
(b) She is cuckolding her husband with Mirabell.
(c) Lovers are more passionate.
(d) Men are cold as husbands.

7. What happens if Mirabell's uncle marries and has a child?
(a) The uncle will gain his statue in society.
(b) Mirabell will be penniless.
(c) Fainall will receive a fee for helping the uncle.
(d) Mirabell will lose his inheritance.

8. Why did Waitwell marry Foible?
(a) Because he loved her.
(b) Because she was pregnant.
(c) Because he wants to start a family.
(d) So that he couldn't marry Wishfort.

9. Why does the prologue refer to Congreve as a 'passive poet'?
(a) Because they are society and he doesn't want to offend society members.
(b) Because he is an artist who will accept the audience's opinion of his play.
(c) Because he doesn't like to argue his points of view.
(d) Because he believes that the play will be accepted.

10. What does Mirabell state that he believes about Mrs. Millamant to Fainall?
(a) That Mrs. Millamant's faults are a nuisance.
(b) That he will help her improve on her faults.
(c) That Mrs. Millamant's faults suit her very well.
(d) That Mrs. Millamant should not be so cruel to him.

11. Who are Witwoud and Petulant?
(a) Lady Wishfort's servants.
(b) Mrs. Millamant's servants.
(c) Followers of Mrs. Millamant.
(d) Important gentlemen of this social group.

12. Why are poets often fooled?
(a) They don't study their critics.
(b) They believe in their work and expect others to understand and like it.
(c) They are fooled into believing that one successful play means the next one will be successful also.
(d) They believe what people tell them to their face.

13. What is Lady Wishfort planning to do?
(a) Disinherit Mirabell.
(b) Marry Mirabell.
(c) Marry Mrs. Millamant to Mirabell's uncle.
(d) Divorce Fainall.

14. All of the following are true except one. As Mrs. Marwood discovers Mirabell's plot, she ______ .
(a) Vows revenge.
(b) Plots to destroy Mirabell's scheme.
(c) Feels angry with Mrs. Wishfort.
(d) Wants him to fail.

15. Lady Wishfort is all of the following except one. Which one does not apply to her character?
(a) Humorless.
(b) Vain.
(c) Gullible.
(d) Old.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chocolate house, what does Mirabel's discussion of Mrs. Millamant's character reveal?

2. Which word best describes what Mincing believes Witwoud to be?

3. Why is Fainall bored when talking with Mirabell in the chocolate house?

4. What is a prologue?

5. How does Congreve use satire in the prologue?

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