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

2. Who worries that they have been too hard on Plagiary?
(a) Puff.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Plagiary.

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

4. Whom does Mrs. Dangle claim is the only critic that really matters for those working in the theatre?
(a) The public.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

5. What happened when Puff pleaded for charity?
(a) He never pleaded for charity.
(b) He made a lot of money.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) He lost money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Puff make his living?

2. Who suggests that someone would be doing Plagiary a favor by stealing his ideas?

3. Who does Puff claim that he taught to speak better?

4. What is Plagiary unable to accept?

5. How did Puff's former way of making his living cause him to feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After the love scene finishes, what does Puff congratulate himself on?

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

5. What does Puff do during the rehearsal of his play?

6. How do Dangle and Sneer react to the scene about the orphan?

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

8. What do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary argue about?

9. During and after the scene about the orphan, what does Puff say about this scene?

10. Describe Puff's conversation with the prompter at the end of Act 2, Scene 2.

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