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One character in this play agrees to her lover’s demand that she never wear masks at night made from “hog’s bones, hare’s gall, pig water,” or “the marrow of a roasted cat.” That character in this play pins up her hair with letters she receives, but only those written in verse rather than prose, as attested to by her servant Mincing. This play’s two romantic leads draw up the terms by which they’d be willing to wed each other (10[1])in its “proviso scene,” (10[2])as one of them (-5[1])tries to avoid being married off (-5[1])to Sir (-5[1])Wilfull Witwoud. This (10[1])play opens with two characters playing cards in a chocolate house, including a man who convinces his servant Waitwell to pose as the rich Sir Rowland (-5[1])in order to hoodwink Lady Wishfort. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Mirabell and Millamant marry (-5[1])at the end of what Restoration comedy by William Congreve? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[8])

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