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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Dangle claim that Plagiary is a favorite of hers?
(a) Because he is very attractive.
(b) Because everyone else abuses him.
(c) Because he is so friendly.
(d) Because he is an excellent writer.

2. Who asks Plagiary whether he sent his play to any producers?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Puff.

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

4. What does Sneer say about Plagiary's play that he has read?
(a) How awful it is.
(b) That Sneer wants to produce it.
(c) That Plagiary should write a sequel.
(d) How wonderful it was.

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

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

7. 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 completely ignores her.
(c) He agrees with her.
(d) He storms out of the room.

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

9. Who says more incidents are needed in the fifth act of Plagiary's play?
(a) Puff.
(b) Mrs. Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

10. How does Plagiary treat the negative comments about his work?
(a) He decides never to write again.
(b) He starts crying.
(c) As a joke.
(d) Very seriously.

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

12. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?
(a) Dryden.
(b) Austen.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Shakespeare.

13. Where was "The Critic" first performed?
(a) The Theater of London.
(b) Drury Lane Theatre.
(c) Three Theatres.
(d) The Globe Theatre.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the well-known writer whose pending production Dangle reads about in Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

2. Of what is Plagiary scared?

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

4. What claim does Dangle make in defense of the theatre?

5. Whose ideas are as empty as his words?

(see the answer keys)

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