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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first play the Company of Boys rehearses?
(a) Othello.
(b) As You Like It.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

2. How does Gil Warmun carry himself on stage?
(a) Like a clown.
(b) Like a real-life king.
(c) Like an old man.
(d) Like a beggar.

3. What does Nat hear as he is going to practice on his first day?
(a) Distant music.
(b) A wolf howling.
(c) Big Ben striking the hour.
(d) The sound of horses clopping along.

4. Why does Nat go to bed early?
(a) He is tired from the excitement of the first rehearsal.
(b) He gets a high fever.
(c) To avoid the other boys.
(d) He wants to get up early to learn his lines.

5. What does Nat realize about Roper?
(a) Roper cannot read.
(b) Roper is just like Nat's brother.
(c) Roper is just like Nat's best friend in the United States.
(d) Roper's dislike is enviousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Richard Burbage?

2. What does Nat find comforting even in the heat of an argument?

3. Who is quite animated when acting?

4. What does Nat forbid any of the boys to see?

5. To where will the Company go after this location?

(see the answer key)

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