Question

Which best restates the meaning of this line?

What is lacking in this description is lacking in our play.
This prologue does not disclose all the juicy details of the story.
The play we are about to read will fill in the details of this story.
A prologue is merely an introduction; it cannot tell the whole story.

Answer 1

"A prologue is merely an introduction; it cannot tell the whole story."

Explanation: the line says whatever the brief description omits will also be omitted here — the prologue only introduces, it doesn't (and can't) give the entire story.