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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. What happened when Puff pleaded for charity?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He made a lot of money.
(c) He never pleaded for charity.
(d) He lost money.

2. What does Sneer explain that the writer of his moralistic comedy about a reformed housebreaker is determined to use the theatre for?
(a) To reunite with his parents.
(b) To make a lot of money.
(c) To challenge and change the law.
(d) To create a new art form.

3. Why would Plagiary rather be abused than not mentioned at all?
(a) Because he needs the money.
(b) Plagiary would not rather be abused than not mentioned at all.
(c) Because he will lose his pension otherwise.
(d) Because he is so desperate to be popular.

4. What offer does Puff make regarding the play?
(a) To change actors for better ones.
(b) To allow the actors to cut or change anything they need to.
(c) To cancel production.
(d) To allow Dangle and Sneer to help him edit it.

5. What does Plagiary say about Sneer in an aside?
(a) How he is related to Sneer.
(b) How rich Sneer is.
(c) How much he dislikes Sneer.
(d) He does not speak about Sneer in an aside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is language defined as in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What should the point about actors be applied to, according to Puff?

3. Whom does the servant announce at the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

4. What is Plagiary unable to accept?

5. Who asks Plagiary whether he sent his play to any producers?

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