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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sir Thomas Lucy was a powerful figure of which religious faith?
(a) Mormonism
(b) Protestantism
(c) Roman Catholicism
(d) Paganism

2. Who was the prominent and hunted Catholic leader that Will met during this time?
(a) Christopher Marlowe
(b) John Shakespeare
(c) Robert Greene
(d) Edmund Campion

3. What does Tamburlaine the Great contain that impacted Will’s own writing?
(a) Massive spectacles
(b) Epic poems
(c) Soliloquies
(d) Mean characters

4. 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 quit
(c) One of their members had gotten the plague
(d) One of their members had been arrested

5. In which of Will’s plays do characters get married because of an unhealthy obsession?
(a) Midsummer Night's Dream
(b) Macbeth
(c) Hamlet
(d) Othello

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Will see upon entering his new home city that made him afraid?

2. Chapter 5 begins with an examination of…

3. What particular aspect did the public want in their plays during Will’s day?

4. What main theme in presented in Chapter 4 as occurring in many of Will’s later theatrical works?

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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