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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. What is the driving force of this play?
(a) Pretensions of people who think they know more than they do.
(b) The friendship between two married couples.
(c) The frustrations of an uninspired playwright.
(d) The love between a man and a woman.

2. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?
(a) Producers who write plays themselves.
(b) Producers who make too much money.
(c) Producers who they know.
(d) Producers who need money.

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

4. What claim does Dangle make in defense of the theatre?
(a) It is important because it shows real life.
(b) It is tiresome and exhausting.
(c) It is important because it reveals the values of the time and its people.
(d) It is fun to watch.

5. Who has a problem understanding the Italian musicians and the Interpreter?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Puff.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plagiary claim he is glad when a wise critic does?

2. What does Sneer tell Puff is the only thing that could make him respect Puff more?

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

4. Who asks for Sneer and Dangle's help at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What does the Prologue accuse the Muses of being corrupted by?

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