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

2. When Dangle complains about being taken advantage of, what does Sneer remind him?
(a) That he is not able to do anything anyway.
(b) That he volunteered.
(c) That he is not being taken advantage of.
(d) That he enjoys being in the middle of things.

3. Why does Dangle interrupt his wife at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) To say that he is hungry.
(b) To remind her that the children are calling her.
(c) To say that she is wrong.
(d) To ask for some tea.

4. Who speaks in the Prologue?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(c) The main actor.
(d) The Honourable Richard Fitzpatrick.

5. Who asks to accompany Dangle to Puff's rehearsal?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the well-known writer whose pending production Dangle reads about in Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

2. Why does Dangle tell Plagiary that Sneer never means what he says?

3. What claim does Dangle make in defense of the theatre?

4. What is the driving force of this play?

5. Dangle comments that one of Sneer's plays is a tragedy, but Sneer disagrees and tells him it is what kind of play?

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