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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is language defined as in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A powerful obscurer of truth.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A means to secure friendship.
(d) The indisputable truth.

3. Which character's name signifies his theft of others' ideas?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Puff.
(d) Plagiary.

4. Which character's name signifies his attitude toward other playwrights?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Puff.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Dangle.

5. Who announces that everything is ready for the rehearsal to begin?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Puff.
(c) Dangle.
(d) The prompter.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Sneer compare the modesty of audiences?

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

3. After Puff's lengthy speech on puffing, what does Sneer claim that he recognizes the importance of?

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

5. What do Puff, Dangle, and Sneer watch?

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