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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. Whom does Puff agree to let attend his rehearsal?
(a) Puff.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Plagiary.

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

3. How did Puff's former way of making his living cause him to feel?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Happy.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Sad.

4. Who tells Plagiary that his play seems to lack incident?
(a) Puff.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Dangle.

5. What does Plagiary claim is mere vanity?
(a) Accepting invitations.
(b) Being upset by negativity.
(c) Believing praise.
(d) Writing about one's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Puff make his living?

2. When Mrs. Dangle claims that Plagiary's play is a little long, how does Plagiary respond?

3. Who speaks in the Prologue?

4. What does Sneer say the critic wrote about Plagiary?

5. What does Dangle say about Sneer before Sneer enters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Puff talk about at great length?

3. How are Dangle's thoughts and actions hypocritical upon Sneer's arrival?

4. When the prompter announces the beginning of the rehearsal, what does he warn Puff about?

5. How does Puff respond to Dangle and Sneer's questions and comments?

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

7. According to Puff, what is the meaning of the man who appears, shakes his head, and exits in silence?

8. Describe the conversation between Dangle, Sneer, and Puff regarding Puff's play.

9. What does Puff do, as he grows more upset?

10. How does Puff describe the under-plot of his play?

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