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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Arby?
(a) The oldest teen.
(b) The lead actor.
(c) The company director.
(d) The company's owner.

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 the person who greets Nat say he feared about Nat?
(a) That Nat would turn him in for missing rehearsal.
(b) That he was suffering from the plague.
(c) That Nat would die.
(d) That Nat was a spy from the king's court.

5. Who is Sam Gilbourne?
(a) The Queen's chamberlain.
(b) The senior apprentice.
(c) The theater owner.
(d) The cook at the Globe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the Company of Boys allowed to rehearse at the theater?

2. What does Shakespeare change about how Nat learned his part in the United States in a later era?

3. What do the apprentices eat for lunch?

4. How does Nat feel in this time period?

5. What does Gilbourne urge the apprentices to do?

(see the answer key)

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