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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 is the driving force of this play?
(a) The frustrations of an uninspired playwright.
(b) The friendship between two married couples.
(c) The love between a man and a woman.
(d) Pretensions of people who think they know more than they do.

2. Who does Puff invite to the last rehearsal of his play?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Puff.
(c) Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Plagiary.

3. What is Plagiary unable to accept?
(a) A job from Sneer.
(b) True criticism.
(c) A relationship.
(d) Money from his parents.

4. What does Sneer tell Puff is the only thing that could make him respect Puff more?
(a) Being allowed to attend the rehearsal of his new play.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) Being loaned an exorbitant amount of money.
(d) Being hired as an actor in his new play.

5. What does the Prologue accuse the Muses of being corrupted by?
(a) The gods and goddesses of Olympus.
(b) Humanity.
(c) The desire to please artistic critics.
(d) Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?

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

3. What type of play is Sheridan's "The Critic"?

4. As the first scene opens, what are Mr. and Mrs. Dangle doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the point of Dangle and Sneer's comments about Puff's play?

2. Describe the beginning of Dangle and Sneer's conversation regarding Sneer's plays.

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

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

5. Why is the play quite short?

6. What does Puff do when he enters?

7. Describe Puff's play in terms of the dialogue, emotion, etc.

8. How does Sneer praise Puff near the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

9. What does Dangle say about each of Sneer's plays, and how does Sneer respond?

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

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