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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 Rachel notice as she hugs Nat?
(a) An old gold coin on the table with Queen Elizabeth I's picture on it.
(b) He is much thinner.
(c) A poem sticking out of Nat's pocket.
(d) A green leaf painted on Nat's neck.

2. What was needed for someone to travel back to Shakespeare's time?
(a) Strong personal suffering.
(b) A boy who resembles the earlier Nat Field.
(c) A conjunction of the planets.
(d) A magical box.

3. What play does Shakespeare write after his brief encounter with Nat?
(a) "All's Well that Ends Well".
(b) "The Tempest'.
(c) "Hamlet".
(d) "As You Like It".

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

5. How does Shakespeare calm Nat?
(a) By giving him a small draught of liquor.
(b) By gripping Nat's shoulders momentarily.
(c) By slapping him lightly across the face.
(d) By joking with nat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jennifer come from to go to Guy's hospital?

2. What does Arby recite from memory?

3. What does the audience break out with spontaneously?

4. Who is invited to meet the Queen after the performance?

5. How does Nat feel about Shakespeare when the man is on the stage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Gil and Rachel respond to Nat's story about his time in 1599?

2. In Chapter 12, who arrives at Guy's Hospital and what does the person learn?

3. How is Sam Gilbourne dressed for his role as Hippolyta?

4. What is the audience's response to Sam's entrance onstage?

5. What interests the company about Nat and Roper and how does Nick Tooley put Nat into an awkward position?

6. What do Nat and his aunt Jen decide to do?

7. What unexpected thing happens as Nat is acting and what is the outcome?

8. What does Shakespeare tell Nat about soldiers in the theater and what happens with that situation?

9. How does Richard help Nat prepare for Nat's role as Puck and how does Nat feel when he is ready?

10. Why is Nat worried concerning the political situation and Shakespeare and Burbage?

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