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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sneer explain that the writer of his moralistic comedy about a reformed housebreaker is determined to use the theatre for?
(a) To reunite with his parents.
(b) To make a lot of money.
(c) To create a new art form.
(d) To challenge and change the law.

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

3. What does Plagiary say angers him?
(a) Dangle pretending to be his friend.
(b) The critic's negative review.
(c) The belief that negative criticism upsets him.
(d) Sneer.

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

5. Who asks to accompany Dangle to Puff's rehearsal?
(a) Puff.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Sneer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Puff changes his way of making a living, what does he turn to?

2. What does Puff express joy at in extravagant language?

3. Who complains that the theatre has deteriorated from a venue suitable for moral messages to a place where people go simply to be entertained?

4. Who claims that the theatre's deterioration results from the audience?

5. Why does Mrs. Dangle claim that Plagiary is a favorite of hers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Plagiary react to the imaginary critique of his play?

2. Describe the scene that is first enacted in Act 3, Scene 1.

3. What does Puff tell the actors at the end of the play?

4. What does Puff have to be assured of constantly during the rehearsal?

5. What happens during the climax of the love scene between Tilburina and Whiskerandos?

6. What do Dangle and Sneer hope for and how does Puff reply?

7. Describe Dangle's argument with his wife during breakfast.

8. How is language defined in Act 1, Scene 2?

9. How does Puff describe the love story in his play?

10. At the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2, what does the servant tell Dangle, and how does Sneer react?

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