THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Explain the following lines with reference to context.

A. “Wounded myself in the early part of my life by the envenomed tongue of slander I confess I
have since known no pleasure equal to the reducing others to the level of my own injured
reputation.”
B. “If you wanted authority over me you should have adopted me and not married me.”
C. “There’s no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature: the malice of a good thing is the
barb that makes it stick.”
D. "I’ll not debate how far scandal may be allowable; but in a man, I am sure, it is always
contemptible. We have pride, envy, rivalship, and a thousand motives to depreciate each other;
but the male slanderer must have the cowardice of a woman before he can traduce one.”
E. "I have got a room full of ancestors above: and if you have a taste for old paintings, egad, you
shall have ‘em a bargain!”
F. "A School for Scandal! tell me, I beseech you, Needs there a school this modish art to teach
you? No need of lessons now, the knowing think; We might as well be taught to eat and drink.”
2. Describe Summary of Act II of Sheridan’s play The School for Scandal.
3. Write a character sketch of Joseph Surface.
4. Discuss how Sir Oliver discovers the moral quality of his two nephews.
5. Discuss the theme of Sheridan’s The School for Scandal
6. What is the significance of the auction scene in The School for Scandal?
7. Discuss the role of Moneylender in The School for Scandal.
8. Compare the characters of Charles surface and Joseph surface.
9. Describe the theme of gossiping in The School for Scandal.
10. Who is the most hypocrite character in the play The School for Scandal? Discuss.
11. Discuss the title of Sheridan play The School for Scandal.
12. Describe Screen Scene in Sheridan’s play The School for Scandal.
13. Describe Act IV, Scene V of Sheridan’s play The School for Scandal.
14. Discuss how Sir Oliver discovers the moral quality of his two nephews.
15. What is the trouble of Sir Peter Teazle in the play The School for Scandal?
16. What is Sir Peter's estimation of Joseph surface?

17. The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners.

18. Describe The School for Scandal as a Restoration Comedy.
19. In what ways does Sheridan use dramatic irony in The School for Scandal? What effect does
this have on the audience?
20. How do Sir Benjamin and Crabtree indulge themselves in scandalous talking?