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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 does Puff express joy at in extravagant language?
(a) Meeting Dangle.
(b) Having his last rehearsal.
(c) Succeeding at puffing.
(d) Meeting Sneer.

2. Why does Puff object to Dangle's suggestion at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Because he needs to go home for dinner.
(b) Because he thinks it is a bad suggestion.
(c) Puff agrees to Dangle's suggestion.
(d) Because he has puffing to do.

3. Whose arrival does the servant announce near the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) A group of Italian musicians and an Interpreter.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Puff.

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

5. Who asks for Sneer and Dangle's help at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mrs. Dangle say laughs at her husband behind his back?

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

3. Why would Plagiary rather be abused than not mentioned at all?

4. When Plagiary arrives, what do Dangle and Sneer tell him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is a satire, and who is the target of this particular satire?

5. What two opinions does Mrs. Dangle give of Plagiary's play?

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

7. What happens during the climax of the love scene between Tilburina and Whiskerandos?

8. How does Plagiary demonstrate hypocrisy concerning Sneer?

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

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

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