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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is NOT a description of Christopher Marlowe?
(a) Dedicated to the church
(b) Socially and politically outspoken
(c) Sexually liberated
(d) A drinker and a brawler

2. What was the name of Christopher Marlowe’s play that was about a Jew?
(a) The Jew of Malta
(b) Come Alongside Me
(c) Tamburlaine the Great
(d) As You Like It

3. Involvement with what local group established the groundwork for Will’s later work in London?
(a) A local government office
(b) A local church
(c) A local acting company
(d) A local brewery

4. What did Queen Elizabeth require of her subjects, no matter what their religious beliefs were?
(a) Attendance of the weekly government-mandated church services
(b) Public baptism
(c) Commitment to marriage
(d) Tithing to the Protestant church

5. What play did Will likely see upon his arrival in London?
(a) As You Like It
(b) Elizabeth I
(c) Tamburlaine the Great
(d) Macbeth

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Tamburlaine the Great?

2. In Chapter 3, what occupation is presented as one that Will might have done while living in Lancashire?

3. What people group was deported from England hundreds of years before Will’s time?

4. Who was the prominent and hunted Catholic leader that Will met during this time?

5. In England during Will’s day, many Jews had superficially converted to which religion?

(see the answer key)

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