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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. For how long will the Company of Boys rehearse in their current location?
2. What does Nat realize about the bear?
3. Who is Harry?
4. Why does Nat become uncomfortable with the group's conversation?
5. Where do some of the boys live when they are in London?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Shakespeare step in between Nat and Roper and what is the consequence of his doing so?
2. What does Roper suggest the boys do and what does Nat feel he must go?
3. What are some of the things that seem different to Nat when he wakes?
4. Why does Arby kick one of the boys out of the company?
5. What is the purpose of the games and what does Nat think of some of the games?
6. What does Nat learn about the Globe Theater of 1599?
7. What is happening to the Nat that is transported to 1999?
8. How do Arby and Gill have a small confrontation and what is the result?
9. How does Nat respond when Shakespeare calls the group a family and what does Shakespeare do?
10. Where does Nat wake in the beginning of Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are a number of interesting questions raised by "King of Shadows". Questions that Cooper might want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Cooper's agenda (for example Nat's father's suicide). Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Cooper's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Cooper and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Compare/contrast Arby and Richard Burbage. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both protagonists? Antagonists? Or? Are they likable characters? How critical are they to the plot of King of Shadows? Who do you like the most of the two? Why? Do you think they each are critical to the success of King of Shadows?
2. Compare/contrast Nat of 1999 at the beginning of the story with the Nat of 1999 at the end of the story. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both protagonists? Antagonists? Or? Are they likable characters? How critical are they to the plot of "King of Shadows"? Who do you like the most of the two? Why? Do you think they each are critical to the success of King of Shadows?
3. Compare/contrast Shakespeare and Nat's (of 1999) father. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both protagonists? Antagonists? Or? Are they likable characters? How critical are they to the plot of "King of Shadows"? Who do you like the most of the two? Why? Do you think they each are critical to the success of "King of Shadows"?
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think the King of Shadows is? Explain your response.
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