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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consists of bad poetry in Puff's play?
(a) The dialogue.
(b) The songs.
(c) The narration.
(d) The soliloquies.

2. After the love scene finishes, what does Puff congratulate himself on doing?
(a) Directing his play.
(b) Trying to invent something new.
(c) Becoming friends with Sneer.
(d) Improving on long established traditions.

3. Which character is not a playwright?
(a) Puff.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

4. Who exclaims over the changes in Puff's play?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Puff.
(d) Dangle.

5. What does the second scene in Act 3, Scene 1 begin with?
(a) The orphan scene.
(b) A battle at sea.
(c) A line from Shakespeare's "Othello".
(d) The romantic climax.

6. What does Puff plan to do regardless of what happens on stage?
(a) Hold another rehearsal.
(b) Never produce another play.
(c) Publish every word of his original text.
(d) Hire new actors.

7. Who hopes that Puff's play will not contain a scandal about Queen Elizabeth?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Puff.

8. Who comments that Puff's play seems contrived and artificial?
(a) Puff.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

9. What do Puff, Dangle, and Sneer do at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) They are not present at the beginning of this scene.
(b) Look for one another.
(c) Take their seats.
(d) Argue.

10. Who responds arrogantly to questions and comments during the rehearsal?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Puff.
(d) Sneer.

11. Where is Puff's play set?
(a) In Iceland.
(b) At Tilbury Fort.
(c) In Italy.
(d) In Spain.

12. What do the comments about the Spanish Armada and Tilbury refer to?
(a) An incident in British history.
(b) Puff's parents.
(c) Puff's past.
(d) The military history of Ireland.

13. At the end of the play, what does Puff claim will happen the next day?
(a) The play is canceled.
(b) He will never write again.
(c) He is no longer friends with Sneer and Dangle.
(d) They will have another rehearsal.

14. What does Puff use his argument in Act 2, Scene 1 for?
(a) An attempt to convince Dangle to watch the rehearsal.
(b) An explanation for becoming an actor.
(c) An explanation for writing his play.
(d) An attempt to convince Sneer to watch the rehearsal.

15. What does the prompter tell Puff when Puff calls for the beginning of the next scene?
(a) The scene is very long.
(b) The actors have all quit.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The set is not ready.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Puff order to die repeatedly?

2. Which character's name signifies his attitude toward other playwrights?

3. Who comments on Puff's clever use of words several times during the rehearsal?

4. What does Puff pride himself on?

5. What do Dangle and Sneer express a hope for after the love scene?

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