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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Mrs. Marwood mean when she tells Lady Wishfort she was entertained by what she heard?
(a) She could hardly contain her anger.
(b) She was offended.
(c) She found the situation hilariously funny.
(d) She was amused.

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

5. How does Congreve use satire in the prologue?
(a) He suggests that farce is outdated.
(b) He states the play does not contain satire, but it is full of satirical pictures of the different behaviors of the characters.
(c) He makes fun of the audience.
(d) He uses theatrical devices to enhance satire.

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

7. What does Mrs. Marwood say to Mrs. Fainall about men?
(a) She hates all men.
(b) She is having an affair.
(c) She is in love with Mirabell.
(d) She loves her husband.

8. Why is eavesdropping so successful in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Because Mrs. Marwood needs to be told off.
(b) Because the characters stand around and talk about their plans.
(c) Because the scene is necessary to add more intrigue to the play.
(d) Because the characters needs to tell the audience what is going to happen next.

9. Mirabell's plan involves ________ Lady Wishfort.
(a) Making love to.
(b) Murdering.
(c) Persuading.
(d) Blackmailing.

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

11. Which one of the follow was not part of Mirabell's plan?
(a) Mirabell wrote a lampoon.
(b) Mirabell wrote a song about Wishfort.
(c) Mirabell appealed to Wishfort's vanity.
(d) Mirabell reported that she was pregnant.

12. 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.

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

14. What is a prologue?
(a) An introduction.
(b) A short synopsis of the coming play.
(c) A teaser which will make the audience want to stay for the whole performance.
(d) A part which comes before the audience arrives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if Mirabell's uncle marries and has a child?

2. The prologue begins with a comparison of what?

3. Who is Mrs. Millamant?

4. What is Lady Wishfort planning to do?

5. What does Fainall claim about Mrs. Marwood?

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