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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. Who suggests that the musicians should just do what they came for and play their music?

2. When does the Servant announce Puff's arrival?

3. Who asks Plagiary whether he sent his play to any producers?

4. Who complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?

5. Who speaks in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Dangle's argument with his wife during breakfast.

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

4. After the love scene finishes, what does Puff congratulate himself on?

5. What hope does Sneer express concerning Puff's play?

6. Why does Mrs. Dangle ask for Dangle and Sneer's help at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

7. What does Puff use his argument as?

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

9. What does Sneer say about audiences?

10. What is the point of Dangle and Sneer's comments about Puff's play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you think is the most important, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Investigate "The Critic" as a satire. How does it adhere to and differ from the satire? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as a satire? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the play as a satire?

Essay Topic 3

How are the different symbols used throughout the play to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

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