The Way of the World
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Which unity of time does The Way of the World adhere to?

  • The entire play taking place in a month
  • The entire play taking place in a single day (correct)
  • The entire play taking place in a week
  • The entire play taking place in a year
  • What is the deliberate violation of classical principles in The Way of the World?

  • The deliberate violation of the unity of time
  • The deliberate violation of the unity of place (correct)
  • The deliberate violation of the unity of action
  • The deliberate violation of the three unities
  • What is the four-part formula that the plot construction of The Way of the World adheres to?

  • Setup, confrontation, climax, and resolution
  • Protasis, epitasis, catastasis, and catastrophe (correct)
  • Exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution
  • Introduction, rising action, climax, and resolution
  • What does the compression of time in The Way of the World result in?

    <p>A crowding of events and rapidity to the action (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is Act I of The Way of the World set to establish a sense of the artificial 'world' of the play?

    <p>A fashionable chocolate-house (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Congreve's The Way of the World has a strong unity of place adhering to classical principles.

    <p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The entire plot of The Way of the World revolves around Mirabell.

    <p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Act II of The Way of the World is set in a fashionable Restoration setting.

    <p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The setting of The Way of the World shifts to the confines of a room in Lady Wishfort’s house for the remaining three acts.

    <p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The compression of time in The Way of the World results in a crowding of events.

    <p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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