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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of Will’s plays are there characters of unequal mental or spiritual status?
(a) Hamlet
(b) As You Like It
(c) Othello
(d) Romeo and Juliet

2. Why did “The Queen’s Men” supposedly need an additional actor?
(a) One of their members had been killed
(b) One of their members had been arrested
(c) One of their members had gotten the plague
(d) One of their members had quit

3. Chapter 1 ends with a discussion of…
(a) Will’s brilliance
(b) Will’s claim to fame
(c) Will’s rural roots
(d) Will’s religious preferences

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a possible evidence for John’s Shakespeare’s suspected alcoholism?

2. In which of Will’s plays do characters get married because of an unhealthy obsession?

3. What word or phrase does NOT describe life inside the ancient Roman wall surrounding London in Will’s day?

4. Which of these is a skill that Will needed to learn in order to be successful as an actor?

5. What phrase best describes life outside the ancient Roman wall surrounding London in Will’s day?

(see the answer key)

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