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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Puff object to Dangle's suggestion at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Because he needs to go home for dinner.
(b) Because he has puffing to do.
(c) Because he thinks it is a bad suggestion.
(d) Puff agrees to Dangle's suggestion.

2. What does Puff claim that every tragedy has to have?
(a) A secondary plot with as little connection to the main plot as possible.
(b) An appearance from the current monarch.
(c) A suicide attempt by the female lead.
(d) An affair between the male lead and someone other than the female lead.

3. Who suggests that the musicians should just do what they came for and play their music?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Puff.
(d) Plagiary.

4. Who tells Puff that he is interrupting their feelings?
(a) The actor playing the Spanish soldier.
(b) The actress playing Tilburina.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose language obscures who he truly is?

2. With what does Mrs. Dangle claim her husband makes himself look ridiculous?

3. What kind of emotion is presented in Puff's play?

4. Who enters after the musicians leave the room?

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

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