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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 was NOT a major location of recreation in London during Will’s day?
(a) Theaters
(b) Bear-baiting pits
(c) Horse tracks
(d) Brothels

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

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

4. What word or phrase does NOT describe life inside the ancient Roman wall surrounding London in Will’s day?
(a) Unhealthy
(b) Crowded
(c) Clean
(d) Awful smells

5. Which of Will’s plays was particularly influenced by the work of Christopher Marlowe?
(a) Romeo and Juliet
(b) Othello
(c) Henry VI
(d) King Lear

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Will feel about a future career in theater?

2. What did Will publish in rebuttal of Robert Greene’s written attacks?

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

4. Where did Will possibly live between the time of his school days and his marriage?

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

(see the answer key)

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