The Critic | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1

1. What is the driving force of this play?

Pretensions of people who think they know more than they do.

2. Whose purity is referred to in the Prologue?

The Muses'.

3. Who speaks in the Prologue?

The Honourable Richard Fitzpatrick.

4. Where was "The Critic" first performed?

Drury Lane Theatre.

5. What does the Prologue accuse the Muses of being corrupted by?

The desire to please artistic critics.

6. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?

Dryden.

7. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?

In Dangle's house.

8. As the first scene opens, what are Mr. and Mrs. Dangle doing?

Eating breakfast.

9. What is Dangle's only interest?

Theatre.

10. Who is the well-known writer whose pending production Dangle reads about in Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

Puff.

11. With what does Mrs. Dangle claim her...
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