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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Puff make his living?
(a) By writing plays.
(b) By producing plays.
(c) By writing novels about his childhood.
(d) By inventing a series of personal setbacks and writing about them.

2. Who does Puff claim that he taught to speak better?
(a) Auctioneers.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

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

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

5. When Plagiary asks if Dangle and Sneer like his play, what does Sneer say?
(a) That he used it in his fire.
(b) That he hates it.
(c) That he did not read it.
(d) That he loves it.

6. Why does Dangle interrupt his wife at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) To say that she is wrong.
(b) To say that he is hungry.
(c) To ask for some tea.
(d) To remind her that the children are calling her.

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who suggests that all three men walk to the theatre together?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Puff.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks to accompany Dangle to Puff's rehearsal?

2. What is Plagiary unable to accept?

3. After Puff's lengthy speech on puffing, what does Sneer claim that he recognizes the importance of?

4. What does Dangle suggest he and Sneer do together after Sneer enters the room?

5. Who hints that they have influenced what is read in papers and public advertisements?

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