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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what city did Will live next?
(a) London
(b) Stratford
(c) Paris
(d) Paris

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

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

5. Where did Will possibly live between the time of his school days and his marriage?
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Lancashire
(d) Birmingham

Short Answer Questions

1. What illegal activity was John Shakespeare involved in?

2. The relationship that Will had with what person enabled him to gain more knowledge and have greater access to books?

3. What phrase best describes the Earl of Southampton?

4. Chapter 3 begins with a discussion of…

5. Which play is presented in Chapter 5 as portraying Will’s empathy with citizens of the lower classes?

(see the answer key)

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