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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Plagiary say about Sneer in an aside?
(a) How he is related to Sneer.
(b) How much he dislikes Sneer.
(c) How rich Sneer is.
(d) He does not speak about Sneer in an aside.

2. When Plagiary asks if Dangle and Sneer like his play, what does Sneer say?
(a) That he loves it.
(b) That he hates it.
(c) That he used it in his fire.
(d) That he did not read it.

3. What does Sneer explain that the writer of his moralistic comedy about a reformed housebreaker is determined to use the theatre for?
(a) To make a lot of money.
(b) To create a new art form.
(c) To reunite with his parents.
(d) To challenge and change the law.

4. Why would Plagiary rather be abused than not mentioned at all?
(a) Because he will lose his pension otherwise.
(b) Because he is so desperate to be popular.
(c) Plagiary would not rather be abused than not mentioned at all.
(d) Because he needs the money.

5. Who says more incidents are needed in the fifth act of Plagiary's play?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Puff.
(c) Mrs. Dangle.
(d) Dangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dangle complains about being taken advantage of, what does Sneer remind him?

2. What claim does Dangle make in defense of the theatre?

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

4. Who complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?

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

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