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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 speaks in the Prologue?
(a) The Honourable Richard Fitzpatrick.
(b) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(c) The main actor.
(d) William Shakespeare.

2. What does Sneer say the critic wrote about Plagiary?
(a) That Plagiary should stop writing.
(b) That Plagiary should be paid more.
(c) That Plagiary is a very good writer.
(d) That Plagiary is completely uninventive.

3. Whose ideas are as empty as his words?
(a) Plagiary's.
(b) Puff's.
(c) Sneer's.
(d) Dangle's.

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

5. Who suggests that someone would be doing Plagiary a favor by stealing his ideas?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Puff.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters after the musicians leave the room?

2. What does Plagiary say angers him?

3. Whom does Puff agree to let attend his rehearsal?

4. When Dangle complains about being taken advantage of, what does Sneer remind him?

5. Who comments that Plagiary's humility is false?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Puff become frustrated by the River Thames' appearance?

2. What fear does Plagiary express, and how does Sneer mock him?

3. What happens directly after Puff arrives?

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

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

6. When Dangle comments on the next scene beginning with a line from Shakespeare's "Othello", how does Puff respond?

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

8. Why is the play quite short?

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

10. What do Dangle, Mrs. Dangle, and Sneer say when Plagiary arrives?

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