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What is the primary way wealthy Londoners entertain themselves in The School for Scandal?

AAttending opera performances

BSpreading rumors

CThrowing lavish banquets

DCommissioning elaborate plays

Answer:

B. Spreading rumors

Read Explanation:

  • In The School for Scandal, wealthy Londoners entertain themselves primarily by spreading rumors.

  • The play revolves around a group of aristocrats who derive amusement from gossiping about others, often with malicious intent.

  • This pastime not only serves as entertainment but also influences the reputations and fortunes of the characters involved.

  • Rather than presenting gossip as a deeply serious moral failing, the play satirizes the behavior of the gossips, exposing their hypocrisy and vanity.

  • The act of spreading rumors, therefore, becomes both a source of humor and a key driver of the plot.


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