Estimated Reading Time: 17 min
Love for Love MCQs
1. Valentine first attempts to “digest what I have read” from which philosophical work?
A. Plato’s Republic
B. Seneca Letters
C. Epictetus Advice
D. Diogenes Tub
2. Jeremy criticises Valentine’s philosophical reading by comparing his intellectual activity to having what kind of diet?
A. Poor nourishment
B. Paper Diet
C. Instruction Feast
D. Witty sense
3. Jeremy asks if Epictetus, Seneca, or Plato will perform what financial service for Valentine?
A. Pay debts
B. Be Bail
C. Give money
D. Lend books
4. Valentine argues that being poor allows him to rail at whom, following the example of wise men?
A. Witty Men
B. Rich Fops
C. All that
D. Philosophers Poets
5. Valentine states that his poverty will serve as what, aiming to make Angelica compassionate?
A. Great wit
B. Mortification of pride
C. New expense
D. Love opportunity
6. What creative activity does Valentine decide to pursue as a method to be “even with the Wits”?
A. Writing Lampoons
B. Learning Crambo
C. Write a Play
D. Making Couplets
7. Jeremy suggests that Will’s Coffee-House has ruined more young men than what governmental activity?
A. New tax
B. Royal Oak Lottery
C. Cambridge University
D. Creditors’ Lawsuits
8. When Jeremy describes the appearance of the “Spirit of Famine,” what trade is represented by a thin Chairman?
A. Carrying Billet-doux
B. Serving Porters
C. Carrying Poet
D. Writing Verses
9. Jeremy describes a “worn-out Punk” carrying verses to the paper-mill to convert them into books of warning for whom?
A. Young Maids
B. Wealthy Fools
C. Needy Wits
D. Bilked Bookseller
10. Scandal immediately characterises Valentine’s decision to become a poet as a plan to invite what consequence?
A. Public disgrace
B. Own Ruine
C. Father’s favour
D. Financial success
11. Scandal tells Valentine that, rather than turning poet, he should become anything else, including what two professions?
A. Lawyer Parson
B. Soldier Pimp
C. Quack Flatterer
D. Atheist Chaplain
12. The Ladies are merciful toward Valentine regarding his faults, which they summarise as love and what kind of spending?
A. Pleasurable Expense
B. Great Wits
C. Past Promises
D. Forced Confinement
13. Trapland the Scrivener arrives with two suspicious fellows resembling what type of menacing criminals?
A. Lawyer Pads
B. Lawful Pads
C. Pocket-Tipstaves
D. Father’s Steward
14. What relative of Valentine’s arrives at the house, brought by the Nurse from Twitnam?
A. Younger brother
B. His father
C. One child
D. Bouncing Margery
15. What alcoholic beverage does Valentine immediately order for Trapland instead of discussing payment?
A. Warm water
B. Bottle of Sack
C. Good Morning
D. T’other Glass
16. Scandal helps distract Trapland by mentioning his reputation regarding a specific wealthy woman. What is she?
A. Buxom black Widow
B. Handsome Daughter
C. Lovely Girl
D. Old Trap
17. What item belonging to Valentine does Angelica’s love eventually force him to consider conveying to his brother?
A. Great fortune
B. Great debt
C. Right of Inheritance
D. Love promise
18. Scandal notes that Tattle is perfectly Valentine’s reverse in both humour and what other quality?
A. Understanding
B. Reputation
C. Complaisance
D. Inhumanity
19. Scandal tells Tattle that to converse with him (Scandal) is like playing what particular game?
A. Losing Loadum
B. Hide Seek
C. Crambo Rhiming
D. Bo Peep
20. What is the name of Foresight’s sister, who is perpetually concerned with her reputation?
A. Mrs. Frail
B. Mrs. Drab
C. Mrs. Foresight
D. Miss Prue
21. What location does Tattle claim the Ladies will confine him to if he loses his reputation for secrecy?
A. Bed-Chamber
B. Public Days
C. Drawing-Room
D. Closet Screen
22. Scandal agrees to spare Tattle’s secret reputation if he sacrifices the names of how many women of quality?
A. One dozen
B. Two dozen
C. Half dozen
D. Three dozen
23. When Mrs. Frail arrives, she tells Valentine that she supposes he has heard news about the landing of whom?
A. Younger brother
B. Elder brother
C. Admiral Justice
D. Old People
24. Mrs. Frail tricks Foresight into letting her leave the house by inventing what kind of predictive narrative?
A. An almanack
B. A dream
C. A prophecy
D. A constellation
25. Scandal tells Mrs. Frail that he has pictures set out in black and white, meaning what literary genre?
A. Descriptions Characters
B. Satyrs Descriptions
C. Painting Colours
D. Folly Affectation
26. Foresight blames his affairs going backwards and being tormented on the fact that he was born when what Zodiac sign was ascending?
A. The Bull
B. The Goat
C. The Ram
D. The Crab
27. Angelica warns Foresight that his wife will send him a letter about what financial arrangement if he locks her out?
A. Forgiveness affection
B. More money
C. Alimony
D. Conjugal love
28. Foresight attempts to persuade Angelica to reveal his wife’s infidelity, noting that she was born under which sign?
A. Gemini
B. Capricorn
C. Venus
D. The Virgin
29. Sir Sampson mockingly refers to Foresight by the name of an ancient astrologer often cited as the father of astronomy. Who is this?
A. Old Ptolomee
B. Old Nostrodamus
C. Old Fircu
D. Albumazar Haly
30. In his rage, Foresight calls Sir Sampson a “Modern Mandevil,” referring to him as a great what?
A. Traveler
B. Lyar
C. Astrologer
D. King
31. When Sir Sampson tries to make peace, he promises Foresight a shoulder of what purloined figure, covered with Hieroglyphicks?
A. Egyptian King
B. African Cham
C. Roman Cæsar
D. Tartary Mogul
32. When debating human needs, Sir Sampson compares Jeremy, the Chairman’s son, to what high-ranking official concerning his capacity for digestion?
A. An Emperor
B. A Cardinal
C. A Philosopher
D. A Cucumber
33. When plotting, Mrs. Frail explains that she needs to look sharply about her due to her lack of what two resources?
A. Fortune Reputation
B. Money Credit
C. Husband Love
D. Honour Conscience
34. Tattle tells Miss Prue that to be well-bred, she must always engage in what activity?
A. Tell a Lie
B. Speak truth
C. Be angry
D. Speak first
35. Miss Prue worries that the Nurse will tell her father about Tattle and her because they were alone for how long?
A. Two Minutes
B. Half an hour
C. Three days
D. Seven years
36. Valentine (feigning distraction) tells Sir Sampson that there are two kinds of people in the world: those you know, and those you do not know, yet the Sun shines upon them.
A. Very hard
B. All alike
C. Sometimes not
D. Seldom ever
37. What type of religious institution does Valentine say saves more souls than Westminster Hall damns?
A. London Churches
B. St Martin’s
C. Westminster-Abby
D. Spiritual Court
38. Valentine compares his relationship with his father, Sir Sampson, to what type of incongruous covering?
A. Green head
B. Grey hairs
C. Old Truepenny
D. Ugly thing
39. Scandal suggests that Valentine might not be mad but rather divine, in line with Foresight’s beliefs?
A. A poet
B. Inspir’d
C. A philosopher
D. Non compos
40. After quarrelling with Ben, Mrs Frail immediately develops a new plot to marry whom to secure an estate?
A. Tattle
B. Scandal
C. Sir Sampson
D. Foresight
41. Valentine (as “Truth”) prophesies two things that will be seen as very strange in the City: Wanton Wives and what kind of marital partner?
A. Married Men
B. Tame Cuckolds
C. Zealous Faces
D. Horn’d Herd
42. Valentine, feigning madness, tells Mrs. Frail (mistaking her for Angelica) that they will marry at night, hidden by what mythological figure?
A. Juno Peacock
B. Hymen Torch
C. Argos Eyes
D. Endymion Moon
43. Tattle is tricked into believing he must adopt the disguise of a religious figure to marry Angelica.
A. A Nun
B. A Friar
C. A Poet
D. A Scrivener
44. Valentine tells Angelica that his mind has worn the mask of madness only as the slave of love and the menial creature of what?
A. Her virtue
B. Her fortune
C. Her Beauty
D. Her inclination
45. When Valentine claims the “Farce is done,” Jeremy argues that his master cannot be sane because he just beat whom?
A. Sir Sampson
B. Jeremy himself
C. The Lawyer
D. Angelica
46. Angelica suggests they should “never know one another better,” comparing their relationship to the end of what social event?
A. A Ball
B. A Chase
C. A Masquerade
D. A Journey
47. What specific age does Sir Sampson claim he has not been honoured by a fine lady’s commands since he was, flattering Angelica?
A. Forty Five
B. Five Thirty-Five
C. Eighty Fourscore
D. Fifty Hale
48. What literary figure does Angelica mention to Sir Sampson, warning him about the potential consequences of his current vigour?
A. Wise Solomon
B. Strong Sampson
C. Old Foresight
D. King Bantam
49. Tattle and Mrs. Frail suddenly reappear, claiming they were tricked into marriage by Jeremy and what specific items?
A. Two Lawyers
B. The Contract
C. Disguises
D. Hard Conditions
50. The play concludes with Angelica converting Scandal, who was previously an infidel toward which particular group?
A. Men
B. Fortune
C. Her Sex
D. Faithful Lovers
Brief Overview
Love for Love is a comedic play by William Congreve. It was first performed and published in 1695. As a prominent work of Restoration comedy, the play offers a sharp, satirical commentary on the manners, morals, and follies of contemporary society, focusing on money and marriage.
The story centers on Valentine Legend, a young man who is deeply in debt. His strict father, Sir Sampson, threatens to disinherit him entirely. Sir Sampson demands that Valentine sign away his future estate to his younger brother, Ben, a sailor. Valentine’s main goal is to win the heart of the beautiful and wealthy Angelica.
To legally stop the conveyance of the estate, Valentine pretends to be mad. This trick succeeds because a person judged legally insáne cannot sign official documents.
In the middle of the chaos, Sir Sampson attempts to force Ben to marry Miss Prue, but they strongly dislike each other. Valentine’s clever servant, Jeremy, takes advantage of the confusion to trick the gossipy man, Tattle, into marrying the plotting Mrs. Frail.
Sir Sampson then decides to try and marry Angelica himself. Angelica, who secretly knew Valentine was only pretending to be mad, tells him she will marry his father unless Valentine agrees to sign the deed of conveyance. Valentine decides to sacrifice his fortune for her love.
Seeing his true constancy, Angelica stops the marriage by tearing up the document. She reveals her love and explains that she was only testing his virtue. Valentine and Angelica marry, and Sir Sampson is defeated.
