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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the well-known writer whose pending production Dangle reads about in Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?
(a) Puff.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

3. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Austen.
(c) Dryden.
(d) Marlowe.

4. 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) Sneer and Mrs. Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sneer explain that the writer of his moralistic comedy about a reformed housebreaker is determined to use the theatre for?

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

3. Whom does the servant announce at the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

4. Why would Plagiary rather be abused than not mentioned at all?

5. As the first scene opens, what are Mr. and Mrs. Dangle doing?

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