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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. How do the players feel before the play?

2. What does Lord de Guise have with him?

3. Tobias and Springer cover their fears by:

4. Nicholas notes that as the play beings:

5. How was the strangling of Thomas Wells portrayed:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the audience angry at the players when they learn of the Monk's death?

2. Why does Nicholas misrepresent himself as a representative of the King's Justice?

3. Why do the players feel they are in danger?

4. What does Nicholas learn about the activities of John Lambert?

5. Where are the players taken when they arrive at the castle?

6. Some of the players want to leave after the performance but Martin wants to stay. Why?

7. What happens when Nicholas is sent to give Last Rites to the dying Knight?

8. How did the players think they would deal with Lord de Guise?

9. When Martin begins the Prologue to the play, what does he explain to the audience?

10. What information does Stephen learn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is your opinion of the book? Is it a good way to do a murder mystery? Did the book hold your interest?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the structure of the players? Who sponsors them? How do they earn a living? How do they handle expenses?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting for the novel. What are the characteristics of fourteenth century England? Comment on the living conditions of the people.

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