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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems louder to Nat?
(a) The noise level of Elizabethan England.
(b) The creak of the stage boards.
(c) The actors reading their lines.
(d) The sounds from the orchestra pit.

2. Why does Nat not allow himself to cry?
(a) He's afraid Roper will see him.
(b) It reminds him of when his father died.
(c) He thinks it is wrong for someone his age to cry.
(d) He's afraid he'll break down and not be able to stop.

3. Who is Rachel?
(a) The scenery artist.
(b) The costume director.
(c) The voice coach.
(d) She plays Desdemona.

4. Who is a leading actor in the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Richard Burbage.
(c) Nat.
(d) Harry.

5. How is Nat feeling when he wakes?
(a) He has a bad headache.
(b) He feels quesy but somewhat better.
(c) No longer ill.
(d) As if he is going to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nat fall?

2. Who suggests the apprentices go to the bear pit?

3. What puts Nat at ease where he is staying?

4. What role will Richard Burbage assume in the play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?

5. Who quit the acting company in a dramatic fashion?

(see the answer key)

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