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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who refers to a nasty notice about Plagiary's play in an earlier newspaper?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Mrs. Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

3. Who claims that the theatre's deterioration results from the audience?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Puff.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

4. Who tells Plagiary that his play seems to lack incident?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Puff.
(c) Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Dangle.

5. What claim does Dangle make in defense of the theatre?
(a) It is fun to watch.
(b) It is important because it shows real life.
(c) It is tiresome and exhausting.
(d) It is important because it reveals the values of the time and its people.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Plagiary asks if Dangle and Sneer like his play, what does Sneer say?

2. Who decides to invent something that was said about Plagiary's play?

3. Who comments that Plagiary's humility is false?

4. What does Dangle suggest he and Sneer do together after Sneer enters the room?

5. To what does Sneer compare the modesty of audiences?

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