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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suggests that the musicians should just do what they came for and play their music?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Puff.
(d) Plagiary.

2. To what does Sneer compare the modesty of audiences?
(a) The false modesty of teachers.
(b) The false modesty of prostitutes.
(c) The true modesty of nuns.
(d) The false modesty of police officers.

3. Whose ideas are as empty as his words?
(a) Sneer's.
(b) Plagiary's.
(c) Puff's.
(d) Dangle's.

4. Whose arrival does the servant announce near the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) A group of Italian musicians and an Interpreter.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Puff.
(d) Sneer.

5. Where is Puff's play set?
(a) In Iceland.
(b) At Tilbury Fort.
(c) In Spain.
(d) In Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dangle tell Plagiary that Sneer never means what he says?

2. Who says more incidents are needed in the fifth act of Plagiary's play?

3. As Puff grows increasing upset, whom does he push?

4. Who hints that they have influenced what is read in papers and public advertisements?

5. How does Dangle respond to Puff's lament?

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