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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose arrival does the servant announce near the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) Puff.
(b) Sneer.
(c) A group of Italian musicians and an Interpreter.
(d) Plagiary.

2. What does Sneer explain that the writer of his moralistic comedy about a reformed housebreaker is determined to use the theatre for?
(a) To reunite with his parents.
(b) To create a new art form.
(c) To challenge and change the law.
(d) To make a lot of money.

3. Why would Plagiary rather be abused than not mentioned at all?
(a) Because he will lose his pension otherwise.
(b) Because he needs the money.
(c) Because he is so desperate to be popular.
(d) Plagiary would not rather be abused than not mentioned at all.

4. Who asks if the scene revealed is the setting for the under-plot?
(a) Puff.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who exclaims over the changes in Puff's play?

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

3. What does the curtain reveal when it rises?

4. Who is making an argument at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Puff convince Dangle and Sneer to appear to do?

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