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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dangle comments that one of Sneer's plays is a tragedy, but Sneer disagrees and tells him it is what kind of play?
(a) A sentimental romance.
(b) A Shakespearean classic.
(c) A satire.
(d) A historical romance.

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

4. Where does Puff agree to meet Dangle and Sneer?
(a) At Dangle's house.
(b) At the corner between Dangle's house and the theatre.
(c) At the theatre.
(d) At Sneer's house.

5. Whom does Mrs. Dangle claim is the only critic that really matters for those working in the theatre?
(a) Sneer.
(b) The public.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Dangle.

6. After Puff's lengthy speech on puffing, what does Sneer claim that he recognizes the importance of?
(a) Puff's last rehearsal.
(b) The theatre.
(c) Puff's profession.
(d) Sneer's family life.

7. Who asks for Sneer and Dangle's help at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Puff.

8. What is the driving force of this play?
(a) Pretensions of people who think they know more than they do.
(b) The frustrations of an uninspired playwright.
(c) The friendship between two married couples.
(d) The love between a man and a woman.

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

10. As the first scene opens, what are Mr. and Mrs. Dangle doing?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Eating breakfast.
(c) Rehearsing a scene from their play.
(d) Reading a book to their child.

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

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

13. What is the slang term for Puff's profession?
(a) Dangling.
(b) Scribbling.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Puffing.

14. What does the Prologue accuse the Muses of being corrupted by?
(a) The desire to please artistic critics.
(b) Humanity.
(c) The gods and goddesses of Olympus.
(d) Christianity.

15. Who complains that the theatre has deteriorated from a venue suitable for moral messages to a place where people go simply to be entertained?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer and Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Puff object to Dangle's suggestion at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. With what does Mrs. Dangle claim her husband makes himself look ridiculous?

3. What does Plagiary claim is mere vanity?

4. Whom does the servant announce at the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

5. Whom does Puff agree to let attend his rehearsal?

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