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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1 begin?
(a) In the street.
(b) In the theatre.
(c) In Dangle's house.
(d) In Plagiary's house.

2. Whose ideas are as empty as his words?
(a) Puff's.
(b) Plagiary's.
(c) Dangle's.
(d) Sneer's.

3. Whom does Mrs. Dangle say laughs at her husband behind his back?
(a) Everyone that they know.
(b) Theatre people and non-theatre people alike.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Plagiary.

4. What does Sneer tell Puff is the only thing that could make him respect Puff more?
(a) Being loaned an exorbitant amount of money.
(b) Being allowed to attend the rehearsal of his new play.
(c) Being hired as an actor in his new play.
(d) Nothing at all.

5. Who does Dangle say can give Plagiary good criticism if he wants it?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Puff.
(d) Mrs. Dangle.

6. Whom does Dangle tell his wife to offer refreshments to?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) The musicians.
(d) Puff.

7. Dangle comments that one of Sneer's plays is a tragedy, but Sneer disagrees and tells him it is what kind of play?
(a) A satire.
(b) A historical romance.
(c) A Shakespearean classic.
(d) A sentimental romance.

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

9. As the first scene opens, what are Mr. and Mrs. Dangle doing?
(a) Eating breakfast.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Rehearsing a scene from their play.
(d) Reading a book to their child.

10. What does Sneer say the critic wrote about Plagiary?
(a) That Plagiary is completely uninventive.
(b) That Plagiary is a very good writer.
(c) That Plagiary should be paid more.
(d) That Plagiary should stop writing.

11. When Dangle complains about being taken advantage of, what does Sneer remind him?
(a) That he volunteered.
(b) That he is not able to do anything anyway.
(c) That he enjoys being in the middle of things.
(d) That he is not being taken advantage of.

12. What does the Prologue accuse the Muses of being corrupted by?
(a) The gods and goddesses of Olympus.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Christianity.
(d) The desire to please artistic critics.

13. Who asks to accompany Dangle to Puff's rehearsal?
(a) Puff.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Sneer.

14. What does Sheridan's play satirize?
(a) Playwrights.
(b) Friends.
(c) Plays.
(d) Critics.

15. Whose arrival does the servant announce near the end of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Puff.
(d) A group of Italian musicians and an Interpreter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Dangle interrupt his wife at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?

4. What author is alluded to in the Prologue?

5. How did Puff's former way of making his living cause him to feel?

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