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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 kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?
(a) Producers who write plays themselves.
(b) Producers who they know.
(c) Producers who need money.
(d) Producers who make too much money.

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

3. Whom does Mrs. Dangle claim is the only critic that really matters for those working in the theatre?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Sneer.
(c) The public.
(d) Dangle.

4. Who does Puff invite to the last rehearsal of his play?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Puff.
(d) Plagiary.

5. What does the Prologue accuse the Muses of being corrupted by?
(a) Humanity.
(b) The desire to please artistic critics.
(c) Christianity.
(d) The gods and goddesses of Olympus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?

3. Where was "The Critic" first performed?

4. What does Plagiary say about Sneer in an aside?

5. Who announces Sneer's arrival?

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