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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Will possibly live between the time of his school days and his marriage?
(a) Paris
(b) London
(c) Birmingham
(d) Lancashire

2. In which of Will’s plays are there characters of unequal mental or spiritual status?
(a) As You Like It
(b) Othello
(c) Hamlet
(d) Romeo and Juliet

3. What object did Will finally obtain that was a status symbol for his family?
(a) A large flock of sheep
(b) An engraved silver sword
(c) A coat of arms
(d) A large carriage

4. Chapter 3 begins with a discussion of…
(a) The type of clothes Will would have worn
(b) The typical rural English household
(c) The health challenges prevalent during Will’s time
(d) The dangers of traveling by road during Will’s day

5. Which description of Sir John Falstaff is NOT reflective of the people on whom his character is based?
(a) Gentle and wise
(b) Full of manipulation and lies
(c) Self-deluding
(d) Self-indulgent

Short Answer Questions

1. What main theme in presented in Chapter 4 as occurring in many of Will’s later theatrical works?

2. What does Tamburlaine the Great contain that impacted Will’s own writing?

3. Which of these is a skill that Will needed to learn in order to be successful as an actor?

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

5. What did Will apparently believe in as the “ultimate religion?”

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