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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Millamant show her devilish attitude during her chat with Mrs. Marwood?
(a) She states she doesn't believe Mrs. Marwood's relationships are noble.
(b) She makes remarks about Mrs. Marwood's age.
(c) She fusses at Mincing.
(d) She demands Mrs. Marwood sing a song.

3. What purpose does the interaction between Sir Rowland and Lady Wishfort serve as they discuss marriage?
(a) To convey Congreve's opinion of Restoration courtship.
(b) As a caricature of courtship.
(c) To conciliate their arrangement.
(d) To demonstrate the honesty of the two characters.

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

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

6. What does Mrs. Marwood's letter to Lady Wishfort reveal?
(a) The marriage contract is actually a fake.
(b) Sir Rowland is actually an errant knight.
(c) Sir Rowland is an imposter.
(d) The contents of Sir Rowland's black box.

7. Why is Fainall upset with Mrs. Marwood at the end of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Because his wife shouldn't be having an affair with Mirabell, so he is angry at the world.
(b) Because he loves Mrs. Millamant.
(c) Because she is clearly not in love with him.
(d) Because she spoiled his plans to get Mrs. Millamant's fortune.

8. Why are failed poets unable to judge Congreve's play?
(a) They have no standards as they have already been proven failures.
(b) They would never agree that someone else is successful.
(c) They would be jealous.
(d) They simply lack the ability to judge another poet's work.

9. As Act 3, Scene 3 opens, Mrs. Millamant and Mrs. Marwood are talking. What do we learn from their interaction?
(a) Their true characters.
(b) Their feelings about Mirabell's romances.
(c) How they feel about Petulant and Witwoud.
(d) Their beliefs about the 'game' of love.

10. 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.

11. Which room in Lady Wishfort's house is the setting for Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) The conservatory.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) The parlor.

12. What does Foible claim that Lady Wishfort will discover about Waitwell?
(a) He is a knight of the realm.
(b) He is an errant knave.
(c) He is a gentleman.
(d) He is a scoundrel.

13. Which character(s) leave the dining room in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Mrs. Millamant and Mrs. Fainall.
(b) Lady Wishfort.
(c) Sir Wilfull.
(d) Witwoud.

14. What else does Sir Wilfull say when he apologizes for his drunken behavior?
(a) Promises that he will never drink again.
(b) States that he is leaving on his travels.
(c) Claims he must continue with his travels.
(d) Says he is ready to marry Mrs. Millamant.

15. Why does Mrs. Millamant agree to marry Sir Wilfull?
(a) Achieve her freedom.
(b) Get revenge on Mirabell.
(c) Secure her fortune.
(d) Acquire Sir Wilfull's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What social issues did the play focus on?

2. What does Congreve believe about good satirists?

3. What does Sir Wilfull Witwoud's remarks on Wishfort's dressing reveal about his character?

4. Why does Mrs. Marwood urge Lady Wishfort to reconsider her desire to hear Fainall's proof of his wife's adultery?

5. What does Mrs. Millamant achieve when she renounces Mirabell?

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