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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks if Puff has introduced a love story into his plot?

2. What does Puff convince Dangle and Sneer to appear to do?

3. What do Dangle and Sneer express a hope for after the love scene?

4. What is satirized by the hope for a lack of scandal about Queen Elizabeth?

5. Who says that plays should show things that might happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the different symbols used throughout the play to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? Are these differences indicative of good and evil?

Essay Topic 3

Do you agree with Shakespeare's theory about actors being "the abstract and brief chronicles of the times"? Do you agree with Puff's interpretation of the theory being applied to plays? Why or why not?

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