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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose point is being argued about actors being "the abstract and brief chronicles of the times"?
(a) Puff's.
(b) Marlowe's.
(c) Shakespeare's.
(d) Plagiary's.

2. How does Plagiary treat the negative comments about his work?
(a) He starts crying.
(b) As a joke.
(c) Very seriously.
(d) He decides never to write again.

3. Why does Dangle tell Plagiary that Sneer never means what he says?
(a) To prevent an argument.
(b) To anger Sneer.
(c) Because it is true.
(d) To be funny.

4. Who decides to invent something that was said about Plagiary's play?
(a) Mrs. Dangle.
(b) Sneer and Dangle.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Puff make his living?

4. Who complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?

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

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