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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which play is presented in Chapter 5 as portraying Will’s empathy with citizens of the lower classes?
(a) King Lear
(b) Henry IV
(c) Romeo and Juliet
(d) Henry VI

2. On whose estate did Will engage in illegal activity?
(a) Edmund Campion’s
(b) John Shakespeare’s
(c) Robert Greene’s
(d) Sir Thomas Lucy’s

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

4. Which popular poet of the day attempted to defend Will and his work?
(a) Richard Field
(b) Christopher Marlowe
(c) Thomas Nashe
(d) Sir Thomas Lucy

5. Choose the word that best describes the family of Will’s mother.
(a) Imprisoned
(b) Poor
(c) Sickly
(d) Wealthy

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 ends with a discussion of…

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

3. The urgency of Will’s marriage is reflected in two characters from which of his plays?

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

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

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