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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are boys selected to be a part of the Company of Boys?
(a) Court appointed boys who get in trouble.
(b) Whoever can pay for a spot.
(c) Auditions.
(d) Lottery.

2. What class does Henry Condell teach?
(a) Costume.
(b) Gesture.
(c) Tumbling.
(d) Elocution.

3. What puts Nat at ease where he is staying?
(a) There is a boy his age with whom Nat immediately bonds.
(b) They allow him to do anything.
(c) The barracks are not well supervised.
(d) No one inquires about his parents.

4. Who is Mistress Fawcett?
(a) Shakespeare's aunt.
(b) Shakespeare's mother.
(c) Shakespeare's housekeeper.
(d) The flower girl who sells flowers near Shakespeare's house.

5. How far is Shakespeare's home from the Globe?
(a) A few minutes' travel.
(b) Across London.
(c) Across the street.
(d) Next door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Nat lying semi-delirious in his real time?

2. Why does Nat not allow himself to cry?

3. Who is a leading actor in the Lord Chamberlain's Men?

4. Who does Richard Burbage resemble in Nat's mind?

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

(see the answer key)

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