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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which member of Will’s family seemed to be sympathetic towards Roman Catholics and militant Protestants?
(a) Will’s father
(b) Will’s brother
(c) Will’s cousin
(d) Will’s paternal grandfather

3. Who wrote Tamburlaine the Great?
(a) Robert Greene
(b) Sir Thomas Lucy
(c) Christopher Marlowe
(d) Anne Hathaway

4. What did Will see upon entering his new home city that made him afraid?
(a) The crumbling defenses of the city
(b) Heads of executed men impaled on spears
(c) An army of soldiers coming out to meet him
(d) People dying from the plague

5. In what country is Stratford located?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) England
(d) Poland

Short Answer Questions

1. Which play is presented in Chapter 5 as portraying Will’s empathy with citizens of the lower classes?

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. What illegal activity was John Shakespeare involved in?

5. What does Chapter 8 say that Will may have developed towards the Earl of Southampton?

(see the answer key)

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