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

2. When Dangle complains about being taken advantage of, what does Sneer remind him?
(a) That he volunteered.
(b) That he is not being taken advantage of.
(c) That he enjoys being in the middle of things.
(d) That he is not able to do anything anyway.

3. Who hints that they have influenced what is read in papers and public advertisements?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Puff.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plagiary claim about incident in his play?

2. Whom does Mrs. Dangle say laughs at her husband behind his back?

3. What happened when Puff pleaded for charity?

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

5. Where does Puff agree to meet Dangle and Sneer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When the curtain rises in Act 3, Scene 1, what is revealed and what does Puff say?

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

4. What does Dangle ask Plagiary about his play, and how does Plagiary respond?

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

6. What do Sneer and Dangle tell Plagiary about an imaginary critique of his play?

7. What is Puff a professional at?

8. What is the role of the Muses in the Prologue?

9. What does Puff talk about at great length?

10. What does Puff argue for in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

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