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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a popular way of teaching students in Will’s school?
(a) Independent studies at home
(b) Travel abroad
(c) Reading many texts
(d) Enacting classical plays

2. What trait is characteristic of all Will’s rural characters?
(a) Jealousy
(b) Dignity
(c) Happiness in marriage
(d) Bitterness

3. Chapter 1 begins with a discussion of…
(a) Will's marriage
(b) Will's early childhood
(c) Will's death
(d) Will's baptism

4. Where did Will go, apparently in retreat, shortly after his marriage?
(a) Lancashire
(b) Paris
(c) London
(d) Stratford

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Will finally obtain that was a status symbol for his family?

2. What position did Will’s father, John, hold in Stratford?

3. The urgency of Will’s marriage is reflected in two characters from which of his plays?

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

5. Involvement with what local group established the groundwork for Will’s later work in London?

(see the answer key)

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