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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose point is being argued about actors being "the abstract and brief chronicles of the times"?
(a) Plagiary's.
(b) Shakespeare's.
(c) Puff's.
(d) Marlowe's.

2. Whose language obscures who he truly is?
(a) Dangle's.
(b) Plagiary's.
(c) Puff's.
(d) Sneer's.

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

4. 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 accepts the offer.
(c) He says he has already sent it out.
(d) He does not intend to send his play to producers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?

2. Who writes the play within "The Critic"?

3. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?

4. What offer does Puff make regarding the play?

5. What type of play is Sheridan's "The Critic"?

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