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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who/What will be at the theater if the Queen is in attendance?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Nothing different from usual.
(c) Special foods.
(d) Special seating.

2. What does Nat compare when he is able to go back to rehearsals?
(a) Each person and their possible counterpart.
(b) The Globe of the two time periods.
(c) Nothing; there is no comparison.
(d) Shakespeare's lines then versus now.

3. What does Nurse Jenkins tell Nat?
(a) He went home and had a relapse and had to return.
(b) He must stay in the hospital another week.
(c) He must stay in the hospital several more days.
(d) He will be leaving the hospital that day.

4. Who escorts Nat and Shakespeare home?
(a) The theater manager.
(b) Roper's older brother.
(c) Harry's older brother.
(d) A hired bodyguard.

5. Why does a day laborer flash a sign to ward evil at Nat?
(a) The laborer thinks Shakespeare is a warlock.
(b) The laborer does that for good luck.
(c) The laborer mistook Nat for someone else.
(d) The laborer thinks Nat is a witch.

6. What does Harry say to Nat about Nat's reply to Nick's question?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A wise woman is a nun.
(c) A wise woman is burned at the stake if she is caught.
(d) A wise woman is a witch.

7. What does the audience yell at Nat as he is playing Puck?
(a) Witch.
(b) A warning about a mistake Puck is about to make.
(c) Go home.
(d) Warlock.

8. What part does Sam Gilbourne play?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Demetrius.
(c) Egeus.
(d) Lysander.

9. Who is Jennifer Field?
(a) Nat's oldest sister.
(b) Nat's aunt.
(c) Nat's mother.
(d) Nat's next-door neighbor.

10. What does Nat remember from his history lesson about the Earl of Essex?
(a) The Queen had the Earl executed.
(b) The Earl died of the plague.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The Earl adopted a son from the theater.

11. Upon whose behalf does Burbage plead mercy?
(a) A drunk.
(b) A muderer.
(c) A political rival.
(d) A pickpocket.

12. What does Nat decide to immerse himself in instead of worrying?
(a) Rehearsing "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
(b) Finding a way to make Roper less hostile.
(c) Learning all he can from Shakespeare.
(d) Finding a way back to his own time.

13. What does Nat try to figure out about his time in the earlier century?
(a) If he is the reincarnation of Nat Field.
(b) If it was a dream or really happened.
(c) If he will ever go back there again.
(d) Nothing; he is too disoriented to be thinking of anything at the moment.

14. What performance is about to begin at the opening to Chapter 14?
(a) 'As You Like It'.
(b) "King Lear".
(c) 'A Midsummer Night's Dream".
(d) "Much Ado About Nothing".

15. What kind of mood is Arby in when Nat arrives?
(a) Jocular.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Mean.
(d) Irritable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Jennifer she cannot see Nat?

2. What play does Shakespeare write after his brief encounter with Nat?

3. Where is Nat in the dream he has?

4. Who is Sam Gilbourne dressed to resemble?

5. What offer does Nat decline?

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