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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. Who says Plagiary's play is perfect?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Puff.
(d) Dangle.

2. How does the prompter say that Puff will find the play?
(a) Quite short.
(b) Extremely long.
(c) Extremely short.
(d) Quite long.

3. What is Plagiary unable to accept?
(a) True criticism.
(b) A relationship.
(c) A job from Sneer.
(d) Money from his parents.

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

5. Who complains that the theatre has deteriorated from a venue suitable for moral messages to a place where people go simply to be entertained?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer and Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hopes that Puff's play will not contain a scandal about Queen Elizabeth?

2. Why does Puff object to Dangle's suggestion at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?

4. What does Plagiary say angers him?

5. When Puff changes his way of making a living, what does he turn to?

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