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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Plagiary respond to the offer to help him send his play to producers?
(a) He refuses the offer because he does not trust it.
(b) He says he has already sent it out.
(c) He does not intend to send his play to producers.
(d) He accepts the offer.

2. What does Mrs. Dangle tell Plagiary about Dangle and Sneer?
(a) That they want to support him financially.
(b) That she hates both Dangle and Sneer.
(c) That they were both just saying how much they hated his play.
(d) She does not tell them anything.

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

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

5. Who tells Plagiary that his play seems to lack incident?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says Plagiary's play is perfect?

2. Who worries that they have been too hard on Plagiary?

3. What does Puff express joy at in extravagant language?

4. Who claims that the theatre's deterioration results from the audience?

5. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?

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