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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the prologue do?
(a) Instructs the audience on how to react to the play.
(b) Challenges the audience to try something new.
(c) Limits criticism of the play.
(d) Introduces Congreve and his play.

2. Why does Wishfort dislike Mirabell?
(a) Mirabel loves Mrs. Millamant.
(b) Marwood is Mirabell's mistress.
(c) Wishfort is jealous of Mrs. Millamant.
(d) Mirabell tricked Wishfort into believing he loved her.

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

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

5. What is the second kind of fool blessed by?
(a) Upbringing.
(b) How their lives evolve over time.
(c) Religious beliefs.
(d) Fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mirabell believe the scheme to deceive Lady Wishfort is necessary?

2. What do the different marriages introduced in the play seem to be motivated by?

3. What does Fainall claim about Mrs. Marwood?

4. The actor who reads the prologue also plays which character?

5. Why does Fainall say he married his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Congreve says the play doesn't contain satire yet the play is full of satirical pictures of different behaviors by the characters. Why do you think he made this statement?

2. What do you think is Congreve's purpose in establishing an affair between Fainall and Mrs. Marwood?

3. Why does Mrs. Fainall support Mirabell's plans?

4. Mrs. Marwood is someone who thinks of revenge when others cross her. What scheme do you think Mrs. Marwood is planning to extract her revenge on Mirabell?

5. Describe Fainall's character.

6. Describe Petulant.

7. What opinion do you have of Mirabell's trickery in pretending to love Lady Wishfort in order to marry Mrs. Millamant? Is this too far-fetched to be believable or is it a possibility? Explain your point of view using specific examples from the play.

8. What are some of the ways in which Mrs. Marwood is able to manipulate the men around her?

9. Why are fame and fortune said to be 'fleeting'?

10. What do you think that Mirabell's scheme to marry Mrs. Millamant will entail?

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