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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the curtain reveal when it rises?
(a) The orphan scene.
(b) The battle at sea scene.
(c) A courtroom scene.
(d) The love scene.

2. Who refers to a character that refuses to give an opinion unless he is absolutely sure of the facts?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Puff.
(d) Plagiary.

3. How does Puff's play continue?
(a) Puff's play ends with all of the actors quitting.
(b) With the old man who shakes his head.
(c) With romantic complications between Tilburina and Whiskerandos.
(d) With the scene about the orphan learning about his true parentage.

4. After the love scene finishes, what does Puff congratulate himself on doing?
(a) Trying to invent something new.
(b) Becoming friends with Sneer.
(c) Directing his play.
(d) Improving on long established traditions.

5. What is satirized by the hope for a lack of scandal about Queen Elizabeth?
(a) The views of critics that all plays should contain a romance.
(b) Critics.
(c) Plays.
(d) The views of critics that all plays should contain a scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Puff claim that he must have a mad scene in his play?

2. Who responds arrogantly to questions and comments during the rehearsal?

3. How does Puff respond to the question of whether a love story has been introduced into his plot?

4. What does Puff complain that the actors have done?

5. What does Puff clarify during the rehearsal?

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