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

2. What does Plagiary claim about incident in his play?
(a) There is too much in the last act.
(b) There is too much.
(c) There is not enough in the last act.
(d) There is not enough.

3. To what does Sneer compare the modesty of audiences?
(a) The true modesty of nuns.
(b) The false modesty of police officers.
(c) The false modesty of teachers.
(d) The false modesty of prostitutes.

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

5. What is Dangle's only interest?
(a) Artwork.
(b) His wife.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Plagiary rather be abused than not mentioned at all?

2. Whose purity is referred to in the Prologue?

3. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?

4. Whose arrival does the servant announce near the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?

5. What does Plagiary claim is mere vanity?

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