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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Lady Wishfort discovered that has her so angry at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Her maid was stealing from her.
(b) Her suitor, Sir Rowland, was a fake.
(c) Sir Rowland was actually a foreigner.
(d) Fainall is going to ruin her.

2. How is this play properly classified?
(a) As a comedy of manners.
(b) As a comedy.
(c) As a satire.
(d) As a drama.

3. Why does Lady Wishfort praise Mrs. Marwood at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Because Marwood is a cultured lady who dislikes low morals.
(b) Because Marwood revealed Mirabell's plot against her.
(c) Because Marwood disavows Mirabell and Sir Rowland.
(d) Because she believes Marwood is a generous person.

4. Why does Lady Wishfort claim she cannot turn over her fortune to Fainall?
(a) Because of her legal counsel.
(b) Because she doesn't like being blackmailed.
(c) Because she has no fortune.
(d) Because Mrs. Millamant has agreed to marry Sir Wilfull.

5. What inconvenience does Foible point out about Sir Rowland to Lady Wishfort?
(a) He didn't love Lady Wishfort.
(b) He wanted to remain a bachelor.
(c) He was already married to her, Foible.
(d) He was gay.

6. Who delivered the epilogue?
(a) Congreve himself.
(b) The same actress who played Mrs. Millamant.
(c) A special reader.
(d) Congreve's wife.

7. What does Sir Wilfull Witwoud's remarks on Wishfort's dressing reveal about his character?
(a) Demonstrates his wit and charm.
(b) Reveals his ignorance of city manners.
(c) Suggests she had been ill.
(d) Acknowledge her right to leisure.

8. Who would have received Mrs. Millamant's fortune if Lady Wishfort took it from her?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Lady Wishfort.
(c) Mrs. Fainall.
(d) Fainall.

9. Why does Mrs. Marwood urge Lady Wishfort to reconsider her desire to hear Fainall's proof of his wife's adultery?
(a) Mrs. Fainall is still carrying on.
(b) Her daughter betrayed her.
(c) Nothing warrants her daughter's actions.
(d) A public scandal would damage the family's reputation.

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

11. What is Lady Wishfort's reaction to the revelations of Mirabell and Mrs. Fainall?
(a) She is grateful to her daughter.
(b) She thanks her daughter for her deviousness.
(c) She praises Mrs. Fainall's prudence.
(d) She is upset.

12. What is Lady Wishfort doing as Act 4, Scene 2 commences?
(a) Playing cards with her guests.
(b) Chatting casually.
(c) Having tea with her guests.
(d) Lecturing Sir Wilfull on his drunkenness.

13. Lady Wishfort has arranged for the party to include all of the following except one item. Which one is it?
(a) Music.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Skits.

14. What does Mrs. Marwood's discussion with Fainall reveal about her character?
(a) It conveys her willingness to hurt anyone in order to get her way.
(b) It shows she conspires with him often.
(c) It suggests Fainall blackmailed Mirabell about his affair with his wife, Mrs. Fainall.
(d) It demonstrates her ability to get information from anyone.

15. What kind of person is Sir Wilfull Witwoud?
(a) Rude and pretentious.
(b) Genuine but uncultured.
(c) Happy-go-lucky.
(d) Youthful and crude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character(s) is/are not present in Lady Wishfort's dining room?

2. What does the expression 'errant knave' mean?

3. What does Congreve believe about good satirists?

4. What are the first poets going to do when judging a play?

5. Why is Congreve's play timeless?

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