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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sheridan's play satirize?

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

3. Who is the well-known writer whose pending production Dangle reads about in Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

4. Who comments that Plagiary's humility is false?

5. When Mrs. Dangle claims that Plagiary's play is a little long, how does Plagiary respond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Puff describe the love story in his play?

4. What does Puff use his argument as?

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

6. How does Plagiary demonstrate hypocrisy concerning Sneer?

7. How does Puff react to the prompter's warning?

8. What do Sneer and Dangle tell Plagiary about an imaginary critique of his play?

9. What did Puff begin to feel guilty about, and how did he alleviate his guilt?

10. What happens directly after Puff arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Sneer and Plagiary. How are their relationships with Dangle similar and different?

Essay Topic 2

How would the story be different if Puff's play was historically accurate?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters are present in the play as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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