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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Critic", what does the specific satirize?

2. Who comments that the under-plot is so well formed that it could have made a tragedy all by itself?

3. Who asks for the music to begin?

4. Who offers explanations of what is going on during the rehearsal?

5. Who explains the complicated meaning of the old man's actions?

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

How do you think each character's negative aspects and self-importance affects the play as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? Are these differences indicative of good and evil?

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