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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Will’s relationship with the prominent group of playwrights in London during his day.
(a) He was extremely angry at them
(b) He copied their plays
(c) He fit in well with them
(d) He did not fit in with them

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

3. In Chapter 3, what occupation is presented as one that Will might have done while living in Lancashire?
(a) Cook
(b) Teacher
(c) Priest
(d) Actor

4. Chapter 1 gives the most information about Will’s…
(a) Sisters
(b) Brothers
(c) Father
(d) Mother

5. Which theme in Will’s later works likely stemmed from his family life?
(a) Criminal activity
(b) Political activism
(c) Loss of status and its restoration
(d) Maintaining a good marriage

Short Answer Questions

1. What illegal activity was John Shakespeare involved in?

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

3. Sir Thomas Lucy was a powerful figure of which religious faith?

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

5. Who took Robert Greene in so that he did not have to die on the streets of London?

(see the answer key)

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