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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a popular way of teaching students in Will’s school?
(a) Reading many texts
(b) Enacting classical plays
(c) Independent studies at home
(d) Travel abroad

2. Which character in one of Will’s works especially reflects the encounters that Will had with two of the members of the important group of playwrights in London?
(a) King Lear
(b) John Cade
(c) Romeo
(d) Falstaff

3. In which of Will’s plays are husbands portrayed as neglecting their wives?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Macbeth
(c) Hamlet
(d) King Lear

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Will’s threatened punishment for his illegal activity?

2. What trait is characteristic of all Will’s rural characters?

3. Which of these was another prominent playwright (and likely the leader) within the theater community of Will’s day?

4. What was a possible hindrance for Will’s traveling to London at this time?

5. Where did Will possibly live between the time of his school days and his marriage?

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