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The Critic Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. Whose purity is referred to in the Prologue?
(a) The Muses'.
(b) Puff's.
(c) The Vestal Virgins'.
(d) Dangle's.

2. Who says that abuse is always going to appear from somewhere?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

3. Whom does the servant announce at the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?
(a) Puff.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sir Fretful Plagiary.

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

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?
(a) In Plagiary's house.
(b) In the theatre.
(c) In the street.
(d) In Dangle's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sneer say about Plagiary's play that he has read?

3. What does Dangle suggest he and Sneer do together after Sneer enters the room?

4. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?

5. What does Mrs. Dangle tell Plagiary about Dangle and Sneer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Puff do during Tilburina's mad scene?

2. When the prompter announces the beginning of the rehearsal, what does he warn Puff about?

3. What do Dangle, Sneer, and Plagiary discuss in terms of the incidents in Plagiary's play?

4. What does Puff talk about at great length?

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

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

7. What happens directly after Puff arrives?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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