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The Critic Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 reunite with his parents.
(c) To challenge and change the law.
(d) To create a new art form.

2. Where was "The Critic" first performed?
(a) Three Theatres.
(b) The Theater of London.
(c) The Globe Theatre.
(d) Drury Lane Theatre.

3. Why does Dangle interrupt his wife at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) To remind her that the children are calling her.
(b) To say that he is hungry.
(c) To say that she is wrong.
(d) To ask for some tea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Puff object to Dangle's suggestion at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What kind of producers do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary question the wisdom of sending a play to?

3. Whose purity is referred to in the Prologue?

4. What is the driving force of this play?

5. Who complains that the theatre has deteriorated from a venue suitable for moral messages to a place where people go simply to be entertained?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dangle and Sneer react to the scene about the orphan?

2. What do Dangle, Sneer, and Plagiary discuss in terms of the incidents in Plagiary's play?

3. What do Dangle, Sneer and Plagiary argue about?

4. Why does Mrs. Dangle ask for Dangle and Sneer's help at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What hope does Sneer express concerning Puff's play?

6. How does Plagiary demonstrate hypocrisy concerning Sneer?

7. How does Sneer praise Puff near the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

8. How is language defined in Act 1, Scene 2?

9. What does Puff do when he enters?

10. How does Dangle defend himself during his argument with his wife?

(see the answer keys)

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