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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. Why does Puff object to Sneer's request at first?
(a) He does not want to be known as the author.
(b) He does not like Sneer.
(c) He is not producing a play.
(d) He never objects to Sneer's request.

2. 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.

3. What directions does Puff give the actors during the rehearsal?
(a) To turn left or right.
(b) Where to move and how to speak.
(c) When to speak and when to die.
(d) When to quit.

4. What does the scene contain?
(a) Echoes and references to several such scenes in plays of the period.
(b) The message that language is an obscurer of truth.
(c) A love triangle.
(d) A scandal about Queen Elizabeth.

5. Why does Mrs. Dangle claim that Plagiary is a favorite of hers?
(a) Because he is very attractive.
(b) Because he is an excellent writer.
(c) Because everyone else abuses him.
(d) Because he is so friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers explanations of what is going on during the rehearsal?

2. Dangle comments that one of Sneer's plays is a tragedy, but Sneer disagrees and tells him it is what kind of play?

3. Who asks Plagiary whether he sent his play to any producers?

4. Who asks if the scene revealed is the setting for the under-plot?

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

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