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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Puff that his identity has already been published?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Puff.

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

3. When Dangle complains about being taken advantage of, what does Sneer remind him?
(a) That he volunteered.
(b) That he is not able to do anything anyway.
(c) That he is not being taken advantage of.
(d) That he enjoys being in the middle of things.

4. 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.
(d) Sneer and Mrs. Dangle.

5. Whom does Dangle tell his wife to offer refreshments to?
(a) The musicians.
(b) Puff.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Sneer.

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

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

8. What does Plagiary say about Sneer in an aside?
(a) How much he dislikes Sneer.
(b) How he is related to Sneer.
(c) He does not speak about Sneer in an aside.
(d) How rich Sneer is.

9. Who claims that the theatre's deterioration results from the audience?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Puff.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

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

11. What does Sneer say the critic wrote about Plagiary?
(a) That Plagiary should be paid more.
(b) That Plagiary should stop writing.
(c) That Plagiary is completely uninventive.
(d) That Plagiary is a very good writer.

12. How did Puff's former way of making his living cause him to feel?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

13. When does the Servant announce Puff's arrival?
(a) As Puff enters the room.
(b) When Dangle enters the room.
(c) Before the musicians start playing.
(d) After the musicians finish playing.

14. Whom does the servant announce at the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?
(a) Sir Fretful Plagiary.
(b) Puff.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

15. What does Puff list examples of?
(a) The friends he has.
(b) The different ways in which puffing is used.
(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. What does Sneer tell Puff is the only thing that could make him respect Puff more?

3. Who complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?

4. Who suggests that all three men walk to the theatre together?

5. When Puff changes his way of making a living, what does he turn to?

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