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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. Why does Puff object to Dangle's suggestion at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Because he thinks it is a bad suggestion.
(b) Because he has puffing to do.
(c) Because he needs to go home for dinner.
(d) Puff agrees to Dangle's suggestion.

2. When Plagiary arrives, what do Dangle and Sneer tell him?
(a) How tired they are.
(b) How much they want to see Puff's new play.
(c) How much they hate his play.
(d) How much they like his play.

3. Who hints that they have influenced what is read in papers and public advertisements?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Puff.
(d) Dangle.

4. What does Puff express joy at in extravagant language?
(a) Having his last rehearsal.
(b) Succeeding at puffing.
(c) Meeting Dangle.
(d) Meeting Sneer.

5. Whose purity is referred to in the Prologue?
(a) Puff's.
(b) The Muses'.
(c) Dangle's.
(d) The Vestal Virgins'.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ideas are as empty as his words?

2. Who says Plagiary's play is perfect?

3. Whose language obscures who he truly is?

4. Who does Puff invite to the last rehearsal of his play?

5. What is Plagiary unable to accept?

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