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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the driving force of this play?
(a) The friendship between two married couples.
(b) Pretensions of people who think they know more than they do.
(c) The love between a man and a woman.
(d) The frustrations of an uninspired playwright.

3. Which character is not a playwright?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Puff.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Plagiary.

4. Whom does Dangle tell his wife to offer refreshments to?
(a) Puff.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) The musicians.

5. Why does Dangle tell Plagiary that Sneer never means what he says?
(a) To prevent an argument.
(b) Because it is true.
(c) To anger Sneer.
(d) To be funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose language obscures who he truly is?

2. What does Sheridan's play satirize?

3. What does Sneer say about Plagiary's play that he has read?

4. Which character's name signifies his theft of others' ideas?

5. Who asks if Puff has introduced a love story into his plot?

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