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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 decides to invent something that was said about Plagiary's play?

2. What does Plagiary say angers him?

3. What does Sneer explain that the writer of his moralistic comedy about a reformed housebreaker is determined to use the theatre for?

4. Why does Puff object to Sneer's request at first?

5. Who claims that the theatre's deterioration results from the audience?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene that is first enacted in Act 3, Scene 1.

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

3. How does Puff describe the under-plot of his play?

4. What does each of the characters (Dangle, Mrs. Dangle, and Sneer) believe is the cause of the deterioration of theatre?

5. Why is the play quite short?

6. What is the role of the Muses in the Prologue?

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

8. What does Puff do when he enters?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is foreshadowing used in "The Critic"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the play, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two of the following: Dangle, Sneer, Puff, and Plagiary.

Essay Topic 3

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

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