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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. When Dangle complains about being taken advantage of, what does Sneer remind him?
(a) That he volunteered.
(b) That he enjoys being in the middle of things.
(c) That he is not able to do anything anyway.
(d) That he is not being taken advantage of.

2. How did Puff make his living?
(a) By writing novels about his childhood.
(b) By writing plays.
(c) By producing plays.
(d) By inventing a series of personal setbacks and writing about them.

3. Whom does Puff agree to let attend his rehearsal?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

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

5. What does Plagiary claim he is glad when a wise critic does?
(a) Laughs at him.
(b) Steals his work.
(c) Lies about liking his play.
(d) Points out his play's flaws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that the musicians should just do what they came for and play their music?

2. How did Puff's former way of making his living cause him to feel?

3. What does Sheridan's play satirize?

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

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

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