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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of play is Sheridan's "The Critic"?
(a) History.
(b) Romance.
(c) Satire.
(d) Tragedy.

2. How does Plagiary treat the negative comments about his work?
(a) He decides never to write again.
(b) Very seriously.
(c) As a joke.
(d) He starts crying.

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

4. Who goes out to greet the new guests near the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Sneer.

5. Who enters after the musicians leave the room?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Puff.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Puff claim that every tragedy has to have?

2. After the love scene finishes, what does Puff congratulate himself on doing?

3. Who refers to a nasty notice about Plagiary's play in an earlier newspaper?

4. What does Sneer say the critic wrote about Plagiary?

5. What happens during the scene in which the characters talk at length about Queen Elizabeth?

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