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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. With what does Mrs. Dangle claim her husband makes himself look ridiculous?
(a) His lack of style.
(b) His womanizing.
(c) His hairpiece.
(d) His passion for theatre.

2. Where was "The Critic" first performed?
(a) The Theater of London.
(b) Three Theatres.
(c) Drury Lane Theatre.
(d) The Globe Theatre.

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

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

5. Who complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that someone would be doing Plagiary a favor by stealing his ideas?

2. Whose purity is referred to in the Prologue?

3. What is Dangle's only interest?

4. Who says that abuse is always going to appear from somewhere?

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

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