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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What main theme in presented in Chapter 4 as occurring in many of Will’s later theatrical works?
(a) Pregnancy
(b) Hard work
(c) Parenting
(d) Marriage

2. Which important person in Will’s life supported the rebellion against the queen led by the Earl of Essex?
(a) Christopher Marlowe
(b) The Duke of York
(c) Richard Field
(d) The Earl of Southampton

3. What eventually happened to Edmund Campion?
(a) He died of old age
(b) He was executed
(c) He was made mayor
(d) He was given a large sum of money

4. Chapter 1 ends with a discussion of…
(a) Will’s religious preferences
(b) Will’s brilliance
(c) Will’s claim to fame
(d) Will’s rural roots

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

Short Answer Questions

1. John Shakespeare was unable to send Will to…

2. What does Tamburlaine the Great contain that impacted Will’s own writing?

3. In Chapter 9, who was the reigning monarch of England?

4. What did Queen Elizabeth require of her subjects, no matter what their religious beliefs were?

5. Chapter 8 focuses mostly on Will’s…

(see the answer key)

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