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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dangle say can give Plagiary good criticism if he wants it?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Mrs. Dangle.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Puff.

2. Who speaks in the Prologue?
(a) The main actor.
(b) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) The Honourable Richard Fitzpatrick.

3. To what does Sneer compare the modesty of audiences?
(a) The false modesty of police officers.
(b) The false modesty of prostitutes.
(c) The false modesty of teachers.
(d) The true modesty of nuns.

4. With what does Mrs. Dangle claim her husband makes himself look ridiculous?
(a) His hairpiece.
(b) His passion for theatre.
(c) His womanizing.
(d) His lack of style.

5. Who tells Plagiary that his play seems to lack incident?
(a) Puff.
(b) Mrs. Dangle.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

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

7. Who worries that they have been too hard on Plagiary?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Puff.

8. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?
(a) In the theatre.
(b) In the street.
(c) In Dangle's house.
(d) In Plagiary's house.

9. How does Plagiary respond to the offer to help him send his play to producers?
(a) He says he has already sent it out.
(b) He accepts the offer.
(c) He does not intend to send his play to producers.
(d) He refuses the offer because he does not trust it.

10. Who suggests that the musicians should just do what they came for and play their music?
(a) Puff.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

11. Who says that abuse is always going to appear from somewhere?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Puff.

12. Who suggests that someone would be doing Plagiary a favor by stealing his ideas?
(a) Puff.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Dangle.

13. What is Dangle's only interest?
(a) Theatre.
(b) His wife.
(c) Artwork.
(d) Writing.

14. What does Dangle say about Sneer before Sneer enters?
(a) That Sneer is his brother.
(b) That he dislikes Sneer's company.
(c) That Sneer is a horrible writer.
(d) That they are best friends.

15. What does Plagiary claim about incident in his play?
(a) There is not enough.
(b) There is too much.
(c) There is not enough in the last act.
(d) There is too much in the last act.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Plagiary arrives, what do Dangle and Sneer tell him?

2. What is the driving force of this play?

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

4. What is the slang term for Puff's profession?

5. What does Sneer say about Plagiary's play that he has read?

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