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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Puff object to Sneer's request at first?
(a) He is not producing a play.
(b) He does not want to be known as the author.
(c) He never objects to Sneer's request.
(d) He does not like Sneer.

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

4. What is language defined as in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A means to secure friendship.
(b) The indisputable truth.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A powerful obscurer of truth.

5. Why does Puff object to Dangle's suggestion at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Because he needs to go home for dinner.
(b) Because he has puffing to do.
(c) Because he thinks it is a bad suggestion.
(d) Puff agrees to Dangle's suggestion.

6. Who says Plagiary's play is perfect?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Puff.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

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

8. 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.

9. Why would Plagiary rather be abused than not mentioned at all?
(a) Because he will lose his pension otherwise.
(b) Because he is so desperate to be popular.
(c) Because he needs the money.
(d) Plagiary would not rather be abused than not mentioned at all.

10. Who decides to invent something that was said about Plagiary's play?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Sneer and Dangle.

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

12. Who does Puff invite to the last rehearsal of his play?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Puff.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Mrs. Dangle.

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

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

15. 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 an excellent writer.
(d) Because he is so friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that abuse is always going to appear from somewhere?

2. What does Mrs. Dangle tell Plagiary about Dangle and Sneer?

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

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

5. What is the driving force of this play?

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