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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Puff a professional at doing?
(a) Improving the words and writings of others.
(b) Writing plays.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Acting in tragedies.

2. What does Plagiary claim he is glad when a wise critic does?
(a) Points out his play's flaws.
(b) Lies about liking his play.
(c) Steals his work.
(d) Laughs at him.

3. After the love scene finishes, what does Puff congratulate himself on doing?
(a) Becoming friends with Sneer.
(b) Directing his play.
(c) Trying to invent something new.
(d) Improving on long established traditions.

4. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?
(a) Producers who make too much money.
(b) Producers who write plays themselves.
(c) Producers who they know.
(d) Producers who need money.

5. Who says that abuse is always going to appear from somewhere?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Puff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plagiary say about Sneer in an aside?

2. Whose ideas are as empty as his words?

3. How is the exposition handled in Puff's play?

4. What does Plagiary claim about incident in his play?

5. Who tells Puff that his identity has already been published?

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