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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 is Puff a professional at doing?

2. Who worries that they have been too hard on Plagiary?

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

4. When Plagiary asks if Dangle and Sneer like his play, what does Sneer say?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Puff use his argument as?

5. According to Puff, what is the meaning of the man who appears, shakes his head, and exits in silence?

6. What does Puff do, as he grows more upset?

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

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

9. What happens directly after Puff arrives?

10. Describe Puff's play in terms of the dialogue, emotion, etc.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the main themes in this play and detail its recurrences throughout the play. What does it add to the action of the play? How does it affect the different characters?

Essay Topic 2

How do the minor characters in the play affect the plot? How would the play be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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