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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chapter 8 say that Will may have developed towards the Earl of Southampton?
(a) Apathy
(b) Romantic feelings
(c) Animosity
(d) Sympathy

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

3. What was Will’s home town?
(a) Birmingham
(b) Stratford-upon-Avon
(c) Lancashire
(d) London

4. What theater was at the center of a dispute described in Chapter 10?
(a) The Globe
(b) The Rose
(c) The Throne Room
(d) New Place

5. What is a possible evidence for John’s Shakespeare’s suspected alcoholism?
(a) Detailed descriptions of John Shakespeare’s alcoholism
(b) Complaints made by Will’s mother
(c) Written statements by Will’s siblings
(d) Drunken father-like figures in several of Will’s plays

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What aspect of social life was very important in Will’s time?

3. Which person associated with Queen Elizabeth was executed on accusations of heresy and treason?

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

5. Who was Christopher Marlowe’s roommate?

(see the answer key)

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