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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sneer explain that the writer of his moralistic comedy about a reformed housebreaker is determined to use the theatre for?

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

3. Who tells Plagiary that his play seems to lack incident?

4. What does Sneer tell Puff is the only thing that could make him respect Puff more?

5. Who comments that Plagiary's humility is false?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Puff use his argument as?

2. What happens directly after Puff arrives?

3. Describe the beginning of Dangle and Sneer's conversation regarding Sneer's plays.

4. What is the role of the Muses in the Prologue?

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

6. After the love scene finishes, what does Puff congratulate himself on?

7. What two opinions does Mrs. Dangle give of Plagiary's play?

8. What does Puff argue for in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

9. What does Puff talk about at great length?

10. What is the point of Dangle and Sneer's comments about Puff's play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Dangle and Sneer's friendship affect the story?

Essay Topic 2

Which characters are present in the play as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

Essay Topic 3

Do you agree with Shakespeare's theory about actors being "the abstract and brief chronicles of the times"? Do you agree with Puff's interpretation of the theory being applied to plays? Why or why not?

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