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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role will Richard Burbage assume in the play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
(a) Puck.
(b) Lysander.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Bottom.

2. What does Gilbourne urge the apprentices to do?
(a) Get enough sleep.
(b) Stay and watch the play and learn from it.
(c) Put the incident of the trapdoor behind them.
(d) Memorize their lines thoroughly.

3. Where is Nat lying semi-delirious in his real time?
(a) His room in a London orphanage.
(b) Guy's Hospital.
(c) He is not ill any longer.
(d) His room at the Fischer home.

4. Who does Arby kick out of the company?
(a) No one.
(b) A boy who is too young to be there.
(c) A boy who refuses to play the games.
(d) A boy who plays a trick on Nat.

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

6. For what skills does Arby particularly admire Nat?
(a) Piano playing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Acrobatic.
(d) Memorization.

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

8. What does Nat forbid any of the boys to see?
(a) Any other performances at the Globe.
(b) Some of the seamier sides of London.
(c) Any plays that would be unfit for young boys.
(d) Nothing.

9. Who signals Nat and Harry incorrectly?
(a) Burbage.
(b) No one.
(c) Gilbourne.
(d) Roper.

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

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

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

13. What does Arby point out to Nat?
(a) His sloppy appearance.
(b) His bad haircut.
(c) His bad acting habits.
(d) His hair color.

14. What does Nat hear as he is going to practice on his first day?
(a) Big Ben striking the hour.
(b) The sound of horses clopping along.
(c) Distant music.
(d) A wolf howling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What play will be performed in the afternoon?

2. Who congratulates Nat on the speech that Oberon makes?

3. Why does Nat not allow himself to cry?

4. What part does Gil Warmun play?

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

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