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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nat think of some of the games the boys play?
(a) They are quite fun.
(b) They are childish.
(c) They do not have any purpose.
(d) They are too difficult.

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

4. What does Nat realize about the bear?
(a) It is blind.
(b) It is very old.
(c) It is a baby.
(d) It is muzzled.

5. Who intends to give Nat private rehearsal time?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Burbage.
(c) Shelton.
(d) Marlowe.

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

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

8. What does Nat say as to how his father died?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Plane accident.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Suicide.

9. What school does Harry say Nat attends?
(a) St. Paul's.
(b) Oxford.
(c) St. Francis'.
(d) St. Jerome's.

10. Why does Robert doubt Nat's ability?
(a) Because Nat is merely a St. Paul's boy.
(b) Because Nat is so short.
(c) Because Nat is so tall.
(d) Because Nat slips on his first attempt.

11. Who stops an altercation between Roper and Nat?
(a) Shakespeare and another actor.
(b) Shelton.
(c) Burbage.
(d) Harry.

12. What does Mistress Fawcett say about Shakespeare when he is working upstairs?
(a) Shakespeare often buys flowers and tips her well.
(b) Shakespeare is not to be disturbed.
(c) Shakespeare often makes strange noises and to ignore that.
(d) Shakespeare often has others come and join him upstairs and they are not to be disturbed.

13. Why does Nat run out of the bear pit?
(a) The blood triggers a membory.
(b) He hates seeing the bear get hurt.
(c) He hates seeing the dogs killed.
(d) He does not run out.

14. Of what does the Company of Boys comprise?
(a) The actors and rehearsal staff.
(b) The actors, theater crew, rehearsal staff and costume maker.
(c) The rehearsal staff and the board of trustees.
(d) The actors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who denies any wrongdoing?

2. What was Nat's father's occupation?

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

4. Who is Rachel?

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

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