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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Will licensed for during the time that he lived in Stratford?
(a) Nothing
(b) Singing
(c) Acting
(d) Dancing

2. What people group was deported from England hundreds of years before Will’s time?
(a) Jews
(b) Australians
(c) Africans
(d) Russians

3. In England during Will’s day, many Jews had superficially converted to which religion?
(a) Christianity
(b) Hinduism
(c) Buddhism
(d) Paganism

4. How did Will feel about a future career in theater?
(a) He did not care
(b) He felt torn between theater and teaching
(c) He liked the idea of it very much
(d) He did not like the idea of it at all

5. What was a difference between Will and Christopher Marlowe that is presented in Chapter 6?
(a) Marlowe was a more prolific writer than Will
(b) Marlowe was better read and more educated than Will
(c) Will was happily married, and Marlowe was not
(d) Will was better read and more educated than Marlowe

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT a description of Christopher Marlowe?

2. What phrase best describes life outside the ancient Roman wall surrounding London in Will’s day?

3. Which of these was NOT a major location of recreation in London during Will’s day?

4. Both Will and Marlowe utilized main characters in their works from what people group?

5. What technique does the author use at the beginning of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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