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

2. 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) Sneer and Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

3. What does Sneer say the critic wrote about Plagiary?
(a) That Plagiary should stop writing.
(b) That Plagiary should be paid more.
(c) That Plagiary is a very good writer.
(d) That Plagiary is completely uninventive.

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

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?
(a) In the theatre.
(b) In Plagiary's house.
(c) In the street.
(d) In Dangle's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Plagiary that his play seems to lack incident?

3. Who says more incidents are needed in the fifth act of Plagiary's play?

4. Why does Dangle interrupt his wife at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?

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

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