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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes the relationship between Will and Christopher Marlowe?
(a) One of great collaboration and mutual financial profit
(b) Full of hatred and underhanded competition
(c) Full of professional rivalry yet possible friendship
(d) Apathetic

2. What characteristic was prevalent among theaters during Will’s day?
(a) Collaboration
(b) Honesty
(c) Competition
(d) Generosity

3. Who staged a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth that is described in Chapter 10?
(a) Robert Greene
(b) Richard Field
(c) The Earl of Essex
(d) Sir Thomas Lucy

4. Chapter 8 focuses mostly on Will’s…
(a) Health
(b) Children
(c) Poetry
(d) Marriage

5. Why did Will try to avoid writing incriminating documents?
(a) He did not have much physical strength
(b) He was afraid of being accused of treason
(c) He was too busy with other things
(d) He had a personal conviction against this activity

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Earl of Southampton eventually marry?

2. In Chapter 3, what occupation is presented as one that Will might have done while living in Lancashire?

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

4. What was the main purpose for Will writing Venus and Adonis?

5. What characteristic of Campion might have hindered Will’s future work in theater?

(see the answer key)

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