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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these prominent playwrights died last?
(a) Marlowe
(b) Shakespeare
(c) Greene
(d) Campion

2. Where did Will meet his future wife?
(a) Stratford
(b) London
(c) Shottery
(d) Birmingham

3. 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 did not like the idea of it at all
(d) He liked the idea of it very much

4. What did Will apparently believe in as the “ultimate religion?”
(a) Romantic love
(b) Roman Catholicism
(c) Paganism
(d) Protestantism

5. Which character in one of Will’s works especially reflects the encounters that Will had with two of the members of the important group of playwrights in London?
(a) Falstaff
(b) Romeo
(c) John Cade
(d) King Lear

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took Robert Greene in so that he did not have to die on the streets of London?

2. What object did John Shakespeare unsuccessfully attempt to purchase to help the family’s social standing?

3. What was the name of Will’s mother?

4. Which character in Will’s Titus Andronicus was treated in a particularly horrific way?

5. What activities did the important group of playwrights in London spend much money and time doing?

(see the answer key)

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