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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 complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Puff.
(d) Plagiary.

2. What does Dangle say about Sneer before Sneer enters?
(a) That they are best friends.
(b) That he dislikes Sneer's company.
(c) That Sneer is his brother.
(d) That Sneer is a horrible writer.

3. What does Sneer say about Plagiary's play that he has read?
(a) That Sneer wants to produce it.
(b) How awful it is.
(c) That Plagiary should write a sequel.
(d) How wonderful it was.

4. How does Plagiary respond to the offer to help him send his play to producers?
(a) He accepts the offer.
(b) He says he has already sent it out.
(c) He does not intend to send his play to producers.
(d) He refuses the offer because he does not trust it.

5. What is the driving force of this play?
(a) Pretensions of people who think they know more than they do.
(b) The love between a man and a woman.
(c) The friendship between two married couples.
(d) The frustrations of an uninspired playwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the well-known writer whose pending production Dangle reads about in Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1?

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

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

4. What does Sneer say the critic wrote about Plagiary?

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?

(see the answer key)

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