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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 praises Puff's cleverness in making a living at puffing?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Puff.
(d) Sneer.

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

3. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?
(a) Producers who they know.
(b) Producers who need money.
(c) Producers who make too much money.
(d) Producers who write plays themselves.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Mrs. Dangle claim her husband makes himself look ridiculous?

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

3. Whose ideas are as empty as his words?

4. Dangle comments that one of Sneer's plays is a tragedy, but Sneer disagrees and tells him it is what kind of play?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is language defined in Act 1, Scene 2?

6. How does Plagiary react to the imaginary critique of his play?

7. What do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary argue about?

8. How are Dangle's thoughts and actions hypocritical upon Sneer's arrival?

9. What do Dangle and Sneer hope for and how does Puff reply?

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

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