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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lady Wishfort demonstrate when she agrees to Fainall and Mrs. Marwood's schemes?
(a) She is a good Christian lady.
(b) She is too trusting.
(c) She believes in the high moral standards of her peers.
(d) She is subject to society's norms and opinions.

3. To keep Mrs. Fainall's infidelity secret, Fainall demands all of the following concessions except one item? What is it?
(a) A divorce from his wife.
(b) Mrs. Fainall's fortune.
(c) Mrs. Millamant's dowry.
(d) Lady Wishfort's estate after her death.

4. Lady Wishfort convinces herself that her daughter is innocent in a soliloquy. What is a soliloquy?
(a) A heartfelt speech aimed at convincing the audience of one's justification in a certain act.
(b) A short speech to another character.
(c) A speech given by a character to reveal his or her thoughts to the audience, but not to other characters.
(d) A speech defending one's position before the other characters.

5. 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) To demonstrate the honesty of the two characters.
(c) As a caricature of courtship.
(d) To conciliate their arrangement.

6. What does Sir Rowland claim as he enters the dining room and greets Lady Wishfort?
(a) He wants to have a quiet wedding in the country.
(b) He will die of a broken heart if their marriage is delayed.
(c) He claims that Mirabell will starve him to prevent their marriage.
(d) He will be patient and wait for the wedding to occur.

7. What is the consequence of the revelation made by Mirabell concerning Mrs. Fainall?
(a) Fainall and Marwood become resigned to their failure.
(b) Lady Wishfort says she must give Mrs. Millamant to Mirabell.
(c) Sir Wilfull decides to marry Lady Wishfort.
(d) Mrs. Millamant refuses to marry Sir Wilfull.

8. Why does Lady Wishfort criticize her daughter, Mrs. Fainall?
(a) She is jealous of her love affairs.
(b) She believes the moral example she set should have been followed.
(c) Mrs. Marwood convinces her of Mrs. Fainall's chastity.
(d) Because she discovers she is an adulteress.

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

10. What does Congreve believe about good satirists?
(a) They have the obligation to discuss sexual topics in a funny way.
(b) They should enjoy their power.
(c) They have the freedom to lampoon the famous.
(d) They should keep their subjects anonymous.

11. Why was the cologne given to the footmen?
(a) To give the footmen a little bonus.
(b) To prevent the footmen from smelling like stable hands.
(c) To add to the elegance of the party.
(d) To disguise bodily odor.

12. Who rescues Waitwell after his difficulties?
(a) Foible.
(b) Mrs. Fainall.
(c) Mrs. Millamant.
(d) His master, Mirabell.

13. One of the three types of critics that Concreve claims is_____________.
(a) Tabloid reporters.
(b) Mirabell.
(c) Other playwrights.
(d) Celebrities.

14. In order for Mrs. Millamant to become Mirabell's prize, he must first ___________ .
(a) Prevent Fainall from divorcing Mrs. Fainall.
(b) Stop Fainall from killing Mrs. Fainall.
(c) Keep Sir Wilfull from marrying Mrs. Millamant.
(d) Defeat Fainall's machinations.

15. Even though she has been deceived by Mirabell and berates Foible, Lady Wishfort is shown as a __________ character.
(a) Charming.
(b) Clever.
(c) Sympathetic.
(d) Stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Act 3, Scene 3 opens, Mrs. Millamant and Mrs. Marwood are talking. What do we learn from their interaction?

2. Why would tabloid reporters be unable to judge the play?

3. Why does Lady Wishfort dismiss Foible?

4. Why is Fainall upset with Mrs. Marwood at the end of Act 3, Scene 3?

5. How is this play properly classified?

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