2. The relationship that Will had with what person enabled him to gain more knowledge and have greater access to books?
(a) Edmund Campion
(b) Christopher Marlowe
(c) Robert Greene
(d) Richard Field

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

4. What did Will see upon entering his new home city that made him afraid?
(a) Heads of executed men impaled on spears
(b) The crumbling defenses of the city
(c) An army of soldiers coming out to meet him
(d) People dying from the plague

5. What position did Will’s father, John, hold in Stratford?
(a) Priest
(b) Councilman
(c) Mayor
(d) Lawyer

6. Which of Will’s plays does NOT include a reference to gloves?
(a) Othello
(b) Hamlet
(c) Twelfth Night
(d) Midsummer Night's Dream

7. What play did Will likely see upon his arrival in London?
(a) Tamburlaine the Great
(b) Macbeth
(c) Elizabeth I
(d) As You Like It

8. Where did Richard Field live?
(a) Lancashire
(b) London
(c) Stratford
(d) Paris

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

10. Will’s involvement in what group is discussed in Chapter 5?
(a) The Mayor’s Actors
(b) The City’s Troupe
(c) The Queen’s Men
(d) The King’s Men

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

12. Chapter 1 focuses largely on the importance of…
(a) Will’s childhood and education
(b) Will’s religious preferences
(c) Will’s health
(d) Will’s mental aptitude

13. What trait is characteristic of all Will’s rural characters?
(a) Happiness in marriage
(b) Jealousy
(c) Dignity
(d) Bitterness

14. What did Will apparently believe in as the “ultimate religion?”
(a) Paganism
(b) Roman Catholicism
(c) Protestantism
(d) Romantic love

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