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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should the point about actors be applied to, according to Puff?
(a) Novels.
(b) Plays.
(c) Friends.
(d) Actors.

2. What is Plagiary unable to accept?
(a) True criticism.
(b) A job from Sneer.
(c) Money from his parents.
(d) A relationship.

3. 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) Puff agrees to Dangle's suggestion.
(c) Because he needs to go home for dinner.
(d) Because he has puffing to do.

4. Whom does the governor's daughter fall in love with in Puff's play?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Sneer.
(c) William Raleigh.
(d) The son of a Spanish admiral.

5. What does Puff list examples of?
(a) The different ways in which puffing is used.
(b) The friends he has.
(c) The writers that are not good.
(d) The plays that he has written.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who hints that they have influenced what is read in papers and public advertisements?

3. What is Dangle's only interest?

4. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?

5. Whom does Mrs. Dangle say laughs at her husband behind his back?

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