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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 Mrs. Dangle say laughs at her husband behind his back?
(a) Theatre people and non-theatre people alike.
(b) Everyone that they know.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

2. Who claims that the theatre's deterioration results from the audience?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Puff.
(d) Sneer.

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

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

5. What does Puff list examples of?
(a) The plays that he has written.
(b) The different ways in which puffing is used.
(c) The friends he has.
(d) The writers that are not good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose purity is referred to in the Prologue?

2. Why does Dangle tell Plagiary that Sneer never means what he says?

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

4. Who refers to a nasty notice about Plagiary's play in an earlier newspaper?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the play quite short?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Puff react to the prompter's warning?

8. What does Puff do when he enters?

9. What hope does Sneer express concerning Puff's play?

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

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