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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Puff express joy at in extravagant language?
(a) Meeting Dangle.
(b) Succeeding at puffing.
(c) Having his last rehearsal.
(d) Meeting Sneer.

2. Of what is Plagiary scared?
(a) People hating him.
(b) People stealing his ideas.
(c) People laughing at his work.
(d) People thinking that he is a good writer.

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

4. Who goes out to greet the new guests near the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Mrs. Dangle.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Sneer.

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

6. Who announces Sneer's arrival?
(a) The chauffeur.
(b) Mrs. Dangle.
(c) A servant.
(d) Sneer.

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

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

9. When Mrs. Dangle claims that Plagiary's play is a little long, how does Plagiary respond?
(a) He claims that it is actually short.
(b) He storms out of the room.
(c) He completely ignores her.
(d) He agrees with her.

10. What claim does Dangle make in defense of the theatre?
(a) It is fun to watch.
(b) It is tiresome and exhausting.
(c) It is important because it reveals the values of the time and its people.
(d) It is important because it shows real life.

11. What does Sneer tell Puff is the only thing that could make him respect Puff more?
(a) Being allowed to attend the rehearsal of his new play.
(b) Being hired as an actor in his new play.
(c) Nothing at all.
(d) Being loaned an exorbitant amount of money.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?

2. What does Plagiary say angers him?

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

4. To what does Sneer compare the modesty of audiences?

5. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?

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