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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. As the first scene opens, what are Mr. and Mrs. Dangle doing?

2. Who suggests that someone would be doing Plagiary a favor by stealing his ideas?

3. Whom does the servant announce at the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

4. Whom does Mrs. Dangle claim is the only critic that really matters for those working in the theatre?

5. When Puff changes his way of making a living, what does he turn to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Puff and Dangle comment on the romantic complications in the play?

3. At the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2, what does the servant tell Dangle, and how does Sneer react?

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

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

6. When the prompter announces the beginning of the rehearsal, what does he warn Puff about?

7. What fear does Plagiary express, and how does Sneer mock him?

8. What does Puff do when he enters?

9. What do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary argue about?

10. What is Puff a professional at?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Dangle change throughout the play? Detail the changes he makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Richard Sheridan's occupation as a playwright affect his writing of "The Critic"? How is it ironic that he is mocking his own institution?

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