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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Will’s plays does NOT include a reference to gloves?
(a) Midsummer Night's Dream
(b) Hamlet
(c) Twelfth Night
(d) Othello

2. In Chapter 3, what occupation is presented as one that Will might have done while living in Lancashire?
(a) Actor
(b) Teacher
(c) Cook
(d) Priest

3. Chapter 1 focuses largely on the importance of…
(a) Will’s childhood and education
(b) Will’s religious preferences
(c) Will’s mental aptitude
(d) Will’s health

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is NOT an example of a villainous character in Will’s later work that stemmed from exposure to plays in his younger years?

2. What was the name of Will’s wife?

3. What eventually happened to Edmund Campion?

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

5. Gloves during this time were made from which material?

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