View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the actor playing Whiskerandos tell Puff?
(a) That he quits.
(b) That he needs better chemistry with Tilburina.
(c) That he cannot die all night.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Plagiary say angers him?
(a) The belief that negative criticism upsets him.
(b) Sneer.
(c) The critic's negative review.
(d) Dangle pretending to be his friend.

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

4. Who offers explanations of what is going on during the rehearsal?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

5. What does the young man in the scene learn?
(a) That he is in love with the daughter of the governor of the fort.
(b) That he is actually the child of a well-born family rather than an orphan of low, criminal background.
(c) That he is slowly going insane.
(d) That he will never survive the war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has taken advantage of Puff's offer regarding his play?

3. At the end of the play, what does Puff claim will happen the next day?

4. What does Sneer say about Plagiary's play that he has read?

5. Dangle comments that one of Sneer's plays is a tragedy, but Sneer disagrees and tells him it is what kind of play?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 264 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample