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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many members are in the Company of Boys?
(a) 33.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 24.

2. Who does Arby say has a Southern accent?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Nat.
(c) William.
(d) Brett.

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

4. What does Nat think of some of the games the boys play?
(a) They are quite fun.
(b) They are too difficult.
(c) They do not have any purpose.
(d) They are childish.

5. What was Nat's father's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Richard Burbage?

2. What is the date of the opening of Chapter 1?

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

4. What does Nat say as to how his father died?

5. Of what does Nat dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nat different from the other apprentices and to what do the apprentices attribute the differences?

2. How does Nat feel about being in the late 16th century and how does Roper make it even worse?

3. What does Roper suggest the boys do and what does Nat feel he must go?

4. Why does Arby kick one of the boys out of the company?

5. How does Nat increase his acting skills, in particular playing the character of Puck?

6. How does Nat react to the bear pit?

7. Where do the apprentices go after classes?

8. How were the boys chosen for the Company of Boys?

9. What is the purpose of the games and what does Nat think of some of the games?

10. What does Nat notice about Eric Sawyer and Gil Warmun as the two other boys are acting?

(see the answer keys)

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