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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of emotion is presented in Puff's play?
(a) None whatsoever.
(b) Underplayed.
(c) Melodramatic.
(d) Realistic.

2. What do Dangle and Sneer express a hope for after the love scene?
(a) The appearance of King Ferdinand.
(b) The appearance of Queen Elizabeth and a battle.
(c) A battle scene in which Tilburina dies.
(d) A suicide attempt by one of the secondary characters.

3. Who asks if the scene revealed is the setting for the under-plot?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

4. Who complains that Plagiary insists no playwright but himself is any good?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Dangle.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Puff.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains the complicated meaning of the old man's actions?

2. What is language defined as in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What directions does Puff give the actors during the rehearsal?

4. What should the point about actors be applied to, according to Puff?

5. What does the scene contain?

(see the answer key)

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