King of Shadows Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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King of Shadows Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where does Nat fear he has traveled?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1599.
(c) 1499.
(d) 1709.

2. Of what does Nat dream?
(a) His dead brother.
(b) Flying high above Earth.
(c) His dead dog.
(d) His parents.

3. What does Nat notice about Harry's speech?
(a) Harry has a lisp.
(b) He does not know much of the vocabularly Harry uses.
(c) The words are difficult to understand.
(d) It sounds like a Southern accent from the United States.

4. What play is Shakespeare thinking of writing?
(a) All's Well that Ends Well.
(b) As You Like It.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) The Tempest.

5. To where will the Company go after this location?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) London.

6. Who congratulates Nat on the speech that Oberon makes?
(a) Roper.
(b) Arby.
(c) Harry.
(d) Shakespeare.

7. Who denies any wrongdoing?
(a) Gilbourne.
(b) Harry.
(c) Roper.
(d) Nat.

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

9. For how long will the Company of Boys rehearse in their current location?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 months.

10. Who guides Nat in his dream?
(a) His mother.
(b) His dog.
(c) An unseen hand.
(d) His father.

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

12. 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's afraid he'll break down and not be able to stop.
(d) He thinks it is wrong for someone his age to cry.

13. Where do some of the boys live when they are in London?
(a) At the theater.
(b) In an old WWII barracks.
(c) Hostels.
(d) In an orphanage.

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

15. What does Nat think is similar to the Globe Theater of 1999?
(a) Nothing that he knows.
(b) Carneige Hall.
(c) The Globe of 1599.
(d) The old playhouse in Maine where he did summer stock.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do the other apprentices attribute Nat's differences?

2. For what skills does Arby particularly admire Nat?

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

4. What is Shakespeare's company's name?

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

(see the answer keys)

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