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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word best describes the relationship Fainall has with Mrs. Marwood?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Loving and tender.
(c) Troubled.
(d) Filled with underlying rage.

3. What does the success of Congreve's play depend on?
(a) His past successes.
(b) His previous body of work.
(c) Its own merit.
(d) His following.

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

5. While drinking chocolate, what else are Mirabell and Fainall doing?
(a) Discussing their travel plans.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Playing cards.

6. What does the scene where Mrs. Marwood is left in the closet reveal about her?
(a) She is eager to marry Sir Wilfull.
(b) She is a nasty character with no true friends.
(c) She is angry at Mirabell but still wants him as her lover.
(d) She is upset at being left in the closet by Lady Wishfort.

7. What did Lady Wishfort say or do that offended Mirabell?
(a) She commented that some people overstay their welcome.
(b) She said that Mirabell should leave.
(c) She ignored Mirabell and talked only with Fainall.
(d) She laughed at him.

8. What has Mrs. Marwood overheard in her hiding place while Lady Wishfort questions Foible and after Lady Wishfort leaves the room?
(a) All of Mirabell's plot.
(b) Lady Wishfort's plans.
(c) Foible's plans.
(d) Mrs. Fainall's affection for her.

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

10. Foible tell Lady Wishfort all but one of the following. Which statement is incorrect?
(a) Sir Rowland loves Wishfort's picture.
(b) Mrs. Marwood is watching Foible.
(c) Make-up will help her look young.
(d) Mirabell said Wishfort was old.

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

12. Which word best describes what Mincing believes Witwoud to be?
(a) A despot.
(b) A country bumpkin.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) A fool.

13. Though Mrs. Millament doesn't act it, Mrs. Millamant actually ____________ Mirabell.
(a) Dislikes.
(b) Bores.
(c) Loves.
(d) Frustrates.

14. Why did Mirabell and Mrs. Fainall choose Fainall as her husband?
(a) Because he loved her.
(b) Because he was a liar and a cheat with a good reputation.
(c) Because he was old and would probably die soon.
(d) Because she loved him.

15. What are Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood doing to each other in the park?
(a) Questioning each other about their opinion of love.
(b) Testing each other about Mirabell.
(c) Trying to determine if the other is having an affair.
(d) Investigating each other's love affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lady Wishfort need to apply rouge?

2. What does Mirabell suggest that Mrs. Fainall do if she no longer loves her husband?

3. Why does Fainall say he married his wife?

4. What does Lady Wishfort ask Mrs. Marwood to do after Foible's announcement?

5. Why does Congreve tell the audience that they will not be offended to any reference to fools in the play?

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