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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What class does John Heminges teach?
(a) Fencing.
(b) Tumbling.
(c) Singing.
(d) Elocution.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Arby kick out of the company?

2. What is the name of Shakespeare's son?

3. Of what does the Company of Boys comprise?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nat make things good between himself and Roper?

2. How does Nat react to the bear pit?

3. What does Nat learn about the Globe Theater of 1599?

4. What does Arby point out to Nat in the first reading of one play?

5. How does Nat feel about being in the late 16th century and how does Roper make it even worse?

6. What happens with Nat in Chapter 3?

7. How were the boys chosen for the Company of Boys?

8. How does Roper conspire to make Nat look bad?

9. Where does Nat move in Chapter 10 and who shows him around?

10. What amazes Nat about London when he is on his way to the Globe?

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