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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says that plays should show things that might happen?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Puff.

2. What does Puff use his argument in Act 2, Scene 1 for?
(a) An attempt to convince Dangle to watch the rehearsal.
(b) An attempt to convince Sneer to watch the rehearsal.
(c) An explanation for becoming an actor.
(d) An explanation for writing his play.

3. Who explains the complicated meaning of the old man's actions?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Puff.
(c) Plagiary.
(d) Sneer.

4. What does the curtain reveal when it rises?
(a) The orphan scene.
(b) The love scene.
(c) A courtroom scene.
(d) The battle at sea scene.

5. Which character is not as smart as he thinks?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Sneer
(c) Puff
(d) Dangle

6. Though Puff says Queen Elizabeth does not appear, what makes it as good as if she did appear?
(a) Queen Elizabeth is in the play.
(b) The fact that she speaks from offstage.
(c) The fact that she is dead during the play's action.
(d) The fact that she is frequently spoken about.

7. When does Puff become upset during the rehearsal?
(a) During the introduction to the main character.
(b) During the denouement of the battle scene.
(c) During the climax of the love scene.
(d) During the prologue.

8. Which character is not a playwright?
(a) Plagiary.
(b) Puff.
(c) Dangle.
(d) Sneer.

9. Who hopes that Puff's play will not contain a scandal about Queen Elizabeth?
(a) Dangle.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Puff.
(d) Plagiary.

10. What explanations are offered during Puff's play?
(a) Explanations of his childhood history.
(b) Explanations of how he wrote the play.
(c) No explanations are offered during Puff's play.
(d) Explanations of the play's context.

11. Whom does Puff join in order to watch the rehearsal of his play?
(a) Plagiary and Puff.
(b) Dangle and Puff.
(c) Dangle and Sneer.
(d) Sneer and Puff.

12. Who refers to a character that refuses to give an opinion unless he is absolutely sure of the facts?
(a) Puff.
(b) Plagiary.
(c) Sneer.
(d) Dangle.

13. What does Puff plan to do regardless of what happens on stage?
(a) Publish every word of his original text.
(b) Hold another rehearsal.
(c) Hire new actors.
(d) Never produce another play.

14. How does Puff's play continue?
(a) Puff's play ends with all of the actors quitting.
(b) With the scene about the orphan learning about his true parentage.
(c) With the old man who shakes his head.
(d) With romantic complications between Tilburina and Whiskerandos.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that the romance in the play is improbable?

2. Who tells the actors that the rehearsal was good but not quite perfect?

3. Why does Puff claim that he must have a mad scene in his play?

4. Which character's name signifies his attitude toward other playwrights?

5. Who is making an argument at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

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